My initial note on this wine says "lovely, just lovely!". It is indeed that as well as being a complex bugger with a savory, tart and spicy character. Black raspberry fruit, tart cranberries, a dollop of black cherry. There are also flavors of cinnamon and fragrant dried herbs. It is very pretty, and it is also a complex little beast that works well with some breathing time. About an hour or two to get those lovely floral scents. Age-worthy of course! Will last in your cellar for many years to come.

After a few hours open, the nose is still slightly tense with a lot of ripe high toned cherry alongside ripe pomegranate, sweet rhubarb, and a fine dusting of dried herbs. There's also some cocoa powder and the smallest little tidbit of leather in the background right at the tail end of the nose. The palate is more dense than expected, with a lot of richer and riper cherry red and black cherries alongside a kiss of raspberry and a soupçon of fennel and then at the very end a luscious bit of rose petal. This is dense and almost brooding, and now that I have fully described the wine already I am going to give a brief listen to the album that Martin Woods Winery has chosen to pair with this wine and see how I feel they compare and contrast. The album is from Makaya McCraven, and is named "In These Times", coincidentally also released in 2022. The track I will be listening to is highlighted on their website and named "The Calling" which is track number 7. The music starts out a bit slow and sad, with a contemplative harp in the background. There's a playful sort of brooding, much as the wine has a playful brooding nature. Then a horn of some sort, I am not a professional music writer as I have been told, so it's just a horn of some sort comes sashaying in, a little bold at the outset, some light drumming in the background and then a slight tonal lift made it all very dreamy. Then it's on the next track, with the dreamy rhythms of "The Calling" over way too soon. This wine has the same sort of dreamy and ethereal qualities to it, and while there's enough that someone less willing or wanting to contemplate their Pinot Noir will certainly enjoy this wine, those looking for a wine with astounding depth and who want to contemplate a bottle over a whole night will find this to be what they're looking for.