
2022 Wayfarer "The Traveler" Fort Ross-Seaview Pinot Noir
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Jeb Dunnuck
Review Date: 06/2024Read All Reviews
From an east and west-facing ridge, the 2022 Pinot Noir The Traveler is a deep magenta ruby hue and is entirely from a suitcase clone that is now referred to as the "Wayfarer Clone." In the glass, it reveals a complex and layered nose of ripe cherries, wildflowers, black raspberries, forest herbs, and blood orange. It’s driving on the palate, with refined tannins and coiled, bright acidity throughout, and it’s fully ripe but has a persistently long finish. Not a wine for the faint of heart, it’s built for the long haul and is going to show its best if given time in the cellar. Drink 2026-2046. (AF)
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98
Vinous
Review Date: 01/2024
The 2022 Pinot Noir The Traveler is captivating. It is also one of the most dense, powerful wines in this range. Blue/purplish fruit, menthol, lavender, mocha and licorice are all amplified. Time reveals more delicacy, while soft, silky contours wrap it all together. This is inky and plush, with seamless balance and mind-blowing intensity. What a wine! (AG)
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Wine Advocate
Review Date: 03/2024
The 2022 Pinot Noir The Traveler is bursting with cranberry, strawberry and raspberry perfume and accents of mixed tea leaves, mushroom, amaro and floral perfume. The medium-bodied palate offers waves of kaleidoscopic berry fruit yet has a weightless feel with its silky tannins and bright acidity, and it has a very long, spicy finish. It's drinking beautifully now, though you could cellar it for a decade or more. (EB)
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Wine Spectator
Review Date: 09/2024
Very expressive, delivering plump-edged mulberry, boysenberry and raspberry reduction notes inlaid with light apple wood, anise and iris details. Seamless acidity provides the support, while a late flash of potpourri gives this a nice finishing kick. Drink now through 2034. (JM)
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Product Details
Origin: Sonoma County, California, United States
Type/Varietal: Pinot Noir
SKU: #2038897

