Sinewy and slightly brooding but buoyed but multilayered raspberry and guava flavors that take on blood orange and dusky spice accents as this builds tension toward medium-grained tannins.

These Latchkey vines are no longer kids as they approach the 20-year mark. The wines this producer makes with the fruit improve as the vineyard matures. This year's model opens with notes of black cherry, dark plum and barbecue short ribs. Dark raspberry and sage flavors are flanked by a trace of black tea. This is a nicely balanced wine with a luxurious mouthfeel and velvety tannins.

Coming from Pommard vines planted in 2006, the 2023 Pinot Noir Latchkey Vineyard is a deeper ruby color and was aged for 11 months in 25% new French oak and 25% whole cluster. (This is the same for all the vineyard designates.) In the glass, it opens to resinous notes of wildflowers, graphite, black raspberries, polished leather, and forest earth. This is a great vintage of this wine, with ripe tannins and an expansive yet detailed feel throughout. It has a gravelly texture, snappy freshness with crunchy berry fruit, and the structure to age over the coming 20 years.

Purple plums, sandalwood, spice box and peach tea on the nose of this fragrant red. It's medium-bodied with excellent depth and concentration. Firm and chalky tannin frame. Rich and expressive.