There is superb complexity and fantastic length and this mineral-driven effort should be capable of drinking well after only 12 years or so of bottle age but require a solid 20 before it’s completely mature

An absolutely stunning nose features notes of oak toast

and salt spray

despite a year in which what von Schubert described as nature’s eventual “turbo-autumn” was preceded by severe hail and an unprecedented tornado that felled 200-year-old trees and a portion of the vineyard walls – to say nothing of the toll it took on vines

Burn Cottage, Sauvage Vineyard Pinot Noir Vintage:2021 There is superb complexity andThe 2021 Pinot Noir Sauvage Vineyard is succulent, tender and feels unforced. Sitting comfortably on the palate, it already has a sense of approachability. It displays black cherries and fruit cake alongside integrated oak derived cedar notes. Fine tension and a line on the finish provide an attractive sinewy element, drawing the wine out on the medium long finish. The 2021 is done in a well considered, unadulterated style.