Lingua Franca, Tongue'n Cheek Pinot Noire Vintage:2021 mossy tree bark and truffles

mossy tree bark and truffles over a core of plum preserves

pure and relatively high-toned nose displays notes of spice and floral hints

As the description suggests the balance isn’t perfect but there is so much underlying material that my score offers the benefit of the doubt that this will better harmonize with a few years of bottle age

complex and well-balanced finale

The palate is full-bodied with a burly

Lingua Franca, Tongue'n Cheek Pinot Noire Vintage:2021 mossy tree bark and trufflesInitial flinty tones on the nose of the 2021 Pinot Noir Tongue 'N Cheek give way to strawberry and raspberry preserves, aniseed and rooibos tea. The palate is bursting with generous, crunchy red fruit flavors. Its structured by velvety tannins and mouthwatering acidity and has a long, latent finish. Powerful yet pretty, it unfurls dramatically with air and will benefit from 3 5+ years in the cellar.