2022 Beaux Frères "The Upper Terrace" Ribbon Ridge Pinot Noir
98JD
96DC
96VN
94WS
$139.95
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98
Jeb Dunnuck
Reviewed August 2024The 2022 Pinot Noir The Upper Terrace is from a vineyard adjacent to Sequitur and planted in 1999. A reflective red hue, the wine is a bit reduced on opening, with notes of black raspberries, dark stones, a hint of violets, and sage, then takes on more lifted woodsy spice, toast, and piney herbs. It fills the palate with a plush texture and pure, ripe fruit and has a seamless feel and a long finish. It’s going to age gracefully and offer a wide drinking window over the coming 15 or so years, but if opening soon, it will benefit from decanting. (AF)
Professional Reviews
96
Decanter
The 2022 version of the often-effusive Upper Terrace is still tightly wound in its nascent state. The new oak is about 31% on this wine, as it shows sweet notes of fleshy ripe cherries, desiccated foliage and turned damp organic soils. The palate shows its true elegance. It's textured and rich with vibrant red berry fruits and evergreen tips mixed with mint and savoury richness. The earthen character comes forth here as well as mushroom and forest floor linger long and lovely on the finish. (CP)
96
Vinous
The 2022 Pinot Noir The Upper Terrace has a stony quality that adds lovely depth, opening with a blend of dusty dried flowers, savory spice, dried wild berries and hints of cedar. Seamlessly silky, it floods the palate with masses of ripe fruit and a cascade of inner florals, revealing a stern mineral core as sweet tannins frame the finish. This leaves a staining of primary concentration, tapering off with amazing length and potency. An air of lavender resonates over a tinge of tart blackberry fruit. (EG)
94
Wine Spectator
Fragrant and keenly structured, with tightly wound flavors of cherry and strawberry accented by forest floor, dusky spice and rose petal tones as this gathers tension toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2035. 1,403 cases made. *Highly Recommended* (TF)
Details
| Origin | Oregon, United States |
|---|---|
| Type/Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| SKU | 1885667 |