Hope Well Eola-Amity Hills Pinot Noir 2023

My perfect Pinot. So beautifully detailed with quiet intensity, it emanates brightness yet is achingly deep. It's not about flavors of this, that, and the others—it is about impact: supreme elegance yet haunting persistence, the kind that's kept my attention for days waiting to share it with you.  Mimi Casteel's Hope Well Pinot harnesses the interconnectedness with which she approaches farming—which seems too simple a term for how she nurtures the land above and below ground, the plants and micro-organisms that thrive under her watch. Mimi's also an excellent writer and I love her notes on my perfect Pinot: "2023 was a perfect year to see what tantalizing potential we have found in our new home, with graceful long autumn days that welcomed dry and beautiful picking conditions under no pressure to rush. The 2023 Hope Well Pinot Noir reveals the power of the Eola Hills with an outline of graceful restraint. The curve of the fruit is defined by the cut of her bright tone, a dizzying mélan