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"Moving to the 2021 releases, the 2021 Pinot Noir Mount Carmel Vineyard is slightly deeper ruby-hued and has a gorgeous perfume of ripe red and black fruits, scorched earth, graphite, white pepper, and obvious minerality. It’s stunning on the palate as well, with medium to full body, integrated acidity, and ripe yet building tannins. I love its purity, and it's rich and concentrated yet stays graceful, well-balanced, and light on its feet. Give bottles a year or three and enjoy over the following decade. (Drink between 2025-2036)" -Jeb Dunnuck, 96JD

"The single vineyard 2022 Pinot Noir Mt Carmel Vineyard is slightly more complex and nuanced, offering a gorgeous nose of wild strawberries, dried flowers, rose, savory spices, and forest floor-like nuances. With medium-bodied richness, a layered, seamless mouthfeel, and finely polished tannins, it's another remarkable Pinot Noir from this team that has so much to love. It's approachable now yet will benefit from just a year or two of bottle age." -Jeb Dunnuck, 95JD

Matt Dees of Hilt/Jonata fame takes advantage of Mt Carmel's Botelle clay loam soils (adjacent to Sea Smoke) to create wines marked by deep concentration, depth, textural complexity and bright acidity, and most notably, a purple-fruit and black tea note in their Pinot Noir unlike anywhere else in the AVA. Just 280 cases produced.

No critical reviews available from the 2023 vintage yet...