2023 | Popelouchum Pinot Noir | San Benito County | USA Cortese bramble and dark grape skins

bramble and dark grape skins front and center

with a hint of an orange undertone

while the succulent texture persists on the fruit-filled finish

and it's another stunning wine in the lineup

2023 | Popelouchum Pinot Noir | San Benito County | USA Cortese bramble and dark grape skinsUltra rare Pinot Noir from Randall Grahm's terroir estate ultra close spaced vines, high acid, wet stone mineral. Popelouchum is Randall Grahm's 415 acre "wines of place" estate in San Juan Bautista, on the San Andreas Fault. This Pinot Noir comes from ultra close spaced, dry farmed vines and is made in vanishingly small quantity a high acid, mineral, tightly wound expression from the Bonny Doon founder's most personal project. A tiny lot Pinot from a