Lichen Pinot Noir Moonglow 2018

Pinot people! You asked, you emailed, we heard! Lichen's incredible (and incredibly priced) MOONGLOW is back! Is this the best one yet? You decide (assuming you have been lucky enough to have gotten any past vintages from us), but we think so. 2018 is stellar! We RARELY even GET the Lichen wines. They are too popular, too hard to get -- until today. We don't know if it was the begging, pleading, or what, but we got a small parcel (small!) to sell. 2018 is such a terrific vintage up in the Anderson Valley, too -- this wine is LUSH and complex!! Love love love it.

Some of you savvy pinot-philes may remember the highly-regarded Breggo winery -- owners Doug and Ana Stewart sold the winery to Cliff Lede (here in Napa) and re-invented themselves as LICHEN. The wines are SEXY, too, and they are uber-dedicated to quality and innovation (if you ever venture up that way it is a must-visit). But...to the wine, ah, yes, dangerously quaffable, but round and generous, fresh and layered. RHUBARB! Sweet cherries! Fresh raspberry/berry tartness with baking spices and toasty French oak round it all out. The finish goes on and on, even after you've cleaned up, washed the dishes and gone to bed. What can we say? Lovely pinot from one of the finest places on earth to grow it!! Only a tiny bit to go around...while it lasts...!