Lingua Franca Mimi's Mind Pinot Noir, Eola-Amity Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon, United States 2021

Description

The 2021 Mimi’s Mind has a bright red fruit character with raspberry, strawberry, and citrus notes. It reveals a complex nose of herbs and rose petals, wearing its structure lightly, underpinned by the inclusion of some whole cluster fruit. This is the brightest vintage of Mimi’s Mind, gentle, delicate, and lyrical. Mimi Casteel’s vineyard has been a role model for regenerative farming, with thoughtful vineyard practices to improve the environment around and beyond her farm. We still name this cuvée in her honor. The 2021 Mimi’s Mind selection is 64% PN777 and the remainder classic Pommard Clone. 

This wine will be excellent paired with poultry, such as rabbit braised with root vegetables and chanterelles, roast chicken with hedgehog mushroom, roasted lemon- thyme chicken, grilled quail seasoned with thyme and lemon, and a Pacific Northwest favorite plank-smoked salmon filet.

Wine Spectator 94

Shows elegance and vitality, with multilayered raspberry and cranberry flavors accented by crushed stone, black tea and rose petal tones, which gather tension and structure toward medium-grained tannins. Drink now through 2031. 354 cases made.