Lucia 2024 Gary's Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands

95 Points                                                                              
Rare Gary's Vineyard Pinot Noir now available from Lucia. 

95 Points Jeb Dunnuck: "A juicy, exuberant wine from vines planted 30-some years ago, the 2024 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard sees nearly no whole-cluster fermentation and no racking, fining, nor filtration. A richly broad, layered, full-bodied style Pinot, it offers a dense core of dark fruit and graphite, with concentrated tannins, plenty of structure, and lasting splashes of spiced oak. With 11 months in barrel, 55% new, standard for this wine, I’d give it even more time in cellar and enjoy 2030-2040."

....The Pisoni Family’s Lucia label continues to be a source of incredible wines that always over-deliver."

Garys’ Vineyard is named for grape-growing partners Gary Pisoni and Gary Franscioni, both of whom come from multi-generational farming families in the Salinas Valley. The Garys, like their parents before them, grew up together.

Located in the heart of the Santa Lucia Highlands on sandy loam soil, the esteemed fifty-acre vineyard is planted mostly to Pinot Noir, with a small allotment of Syrah. Given its proximity to Monterey Bay, fog blankets the Garys’ Vineyard throughout most of the summer months, providing the right conditions for a cool, slow-ripening season. Steve Heimoff of Wine Enthusiast praises Garys’ Vineyard for its “fabulous terroir,” which yields “wines of impeccable balance and lushness.”