Bethel Heights Æolian Pinot Noir (2022)

Bethel Heights Æolian Pinot Noir (2022) – The Æolian has evolved in the ten vintages since we started making this wine, beginning as a means of expressing the ever-changing nature of our younger blocks and now settling in, as most things do at Bethel Heights, as a wine defined by place. Three blocks planted in 2002 high above the rest of the vineyard continue to make up most of this wine, but in 2022 we decided to include a small amount (20%) of fruit from Justice Vineyard as well. The 2022 Aeolian presents both purity and power; aromas of red cherry, rhubarb, and raspberry, tremendous tension through the mid palate, and delicate fine grain tannins through the finish.