Dragonette 2022 Pinot Noir, Radian Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills

"Along with the Duvarita bottling, the 2022 Pinot Noir Radian Vineyard is a centerpiece in the Dragonette roster. It leads with a distinctly savory, wild and intensely focused nose that walks the line between angularity and harshness incredibly well. The palate is similarly laser-like and driving, exuding an attractive silkiness buttressed by an unwaveringly tensile rudder that runs through the finish. It concludes with the inward, compacted, tannin profile that continuously swells and morphs with time in the glass, never losing its palpable tension. It's one of the top expressions of Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir and will benefit from a year or so of cellaring before developing over the following decade."--Matthew Luczy, RobertParker.com

"Few wineries in Santa Barbara County—or California, for that matter—have achieved what the team at Dragonette has in the absence of estate vineyards. Their portfolio offers a high-quality one-stop shop for the entire Santa Ynez Valley, including premier vineyards in the western Sta. Rita Hills, some of the region's best Sauvignon Blanc bottlings via Happy Canyon and a gorgeous new Syrah from Ballard Canyon's Stolpman Vineyard. The wines do not shy away from opulent textures and high-quality new oak, but they do so in high resolution with admirable integration and impeccable delineation between bottlings."--RobertParker.com