2022 Domaine Carneros Estate Pinot Noir 6pk 6x750ml

Domaine Carneros isn't another California sparkling house — it's what happens when Champagne Taittinger stakes 138 acres in Carneros and builds its American dream. Founded in 1987 by Claude Taittinger, the estate was created to prove California could produce finesse-driven, terroir-expressive wine worthy of the Taittinger name. The still Pinot Noir program channels that same rigor into Carneros fruit.

Carneros is fog-belt Pinot country — cool maritime air pushes in from the San Pablo Bay, slowing ripening and preserving the kind of tension and lift that makes the grape sing.

The 2022 Estate Pinot is drawn from those estate blocks, ten months in French oak giving it structure and a quiet layer of toasted spice.

The wine opens with vibrant aromas of strawberries, blueberry bush, citrus peel, and cassia bark. On the palate it's medium-bodied with finely integrated tannins and bright acidity — plush and generous, but with underlying tension. Very refined and pure, with a soft touch. James Suckling scored it 94 points and called it ready now or built to hold.