Occidental (Kistler), Running Fence Vineyard Cuvee Catherine Vintage:2017 with an elegantly textural attack

with an elegantly textural attack and a creamy core of fruit that's underpinned by a bright but nicely integrated spine of acidity

it should merit the top of my predicted range

(a bourdon is a bumblebee)

and 15% Merlot

Occidental (Kistler), Running Fence Vineyard Cuvee Catherine Vintage:2017 with an elegantly textural attackThe 2019 Pinot Noir Running Fence Vineyard Cuve Catherine is magical. Singular and detailed, it unfolds slowly on the nose, iodine and seaweed give way to pomegranate, cranberry, woodsmoke, lavender and wild fennel aromas. The palate is seamless and pure, its dynamic flavors framed by powdery tannins and vibrant, lip smacking acidity, and it has a hauntingly long finish. It will be long lived in the cellar.