Anthill Farms Baker Ranch Pinot Noir 2021

96+ Points Parker                                                    One of the best new Pinot Noir producers in California!  The partners, who all previously worked at Williams Selyem, are deeply committed to crafting high quality, cool climate single vineyard Pinot Noir, Syrah and Chardonnay sourced from vineyards in Northern California. Limited. 95 Points Robert Parker: "The 2021 Pinot Noir Baker Ranch Vineyard has slowly unfurling scents of lavender, licorice and tea leaves with detailed earthy, foresty accents in the background. The light-bodied palate is chalky and wonderfully refreshing with layers of botanical fruit that seem to expand and gain intensity on the long finish." Baker Ranch sits deeper in the Anderson Valley west of the hamlet of Philo, up above the virgin redwood groves of Hendy Woods. The vineyard sits on a mid-elevation east-facing slope on the south side of the valley, on very shallow slate-based soils of the Casabonne-Wohly complex. The soils have a high mineral content and an unusually high pH for California. The vines themselves were planted almost twenty years ago; they are rigorously farmed by the Baker family.

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