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Tag: Foggy Hill Vineyard 2018 Definitus Pinot Noir

“A more generous and complex Pinot Noir” 91 points | Robert Parker Wine Advocate – 2018 Foggy Hill Vineyard “Definitus” Pinot Noir

Author: Joe Czerwinski
Source: Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Date: Mar 2021

The 2018 Foggy Hill Vineyard “Definitus” Pinot Noir is a blend of Clones 115 and 777 from a strip of vines over the site’s shallowest soils. Winemaking is similar to the rest of the vineyard’s production, and maturation takes place …

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“A delicious glass of Pinot” 95 points | Huon Hooke – 2018 Foggy Hill Vineyard “Definitus” Pinot Noir

Author: Huon Hooke
Source: The Real Review
Date: Mar 2021

Medium to deep ruby colour with purple tints and a complex bouquet of smoky, vegetal, possibly whole-bunch fermented characters, some notes of char-grilled vegetables, all melded with raspberry-like fruit aromas. Hints of humus and Campari. The wine is intense and …

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96 points, Gold | Ned Goodwin – 2018 Foggy Hill “Definitus” Pinot Noir

Author: Ned Goodwin
Source: Wine Companion
Date: Jun 2020

An elite microcosm of the Foggy Hill site. The best strip, so to speak. I prefer this to the ’17. More integrated, compact, layered and detailed. The tension, curtailing the ripe and inherently sweet fruit. The oak, tannic extract and judicious whole …

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