ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE 98 POINTS - "The 2023 Pinot Noir Occidental Station Vineyard is complex, refined and singular within the Occidental portfolio this vintage. Medium ruby-purple in color, it has arresting scents of strawberry, raspberry, blood orange, rose petals, red licorice and mushroom—each return to the glass offers a new facet of aromatic nuance, and I simply can’t put down the glass. The medium-bodied palate offers a weightless structure yet is brimming with expressive flavors that range from vivid fruit to bitters and earth. It has a luxurious and silky texture, vibrant acidity that structures its intense flavors and an epically long finish."
ANTONIO GALLONI 97 POINTS - "The 2023 Pinot Noir Occidental Station is sourced from a site that is further inland than the Occidental estate. It offers a captivating mix of intense dark fruit and equally imposing tannins. The Occidental Station is often the most immediate of the wines in this range, but not in 2023. Readers will have to be patient here, as the dense 2023 is currently defined by its raw, unbridled energy."
WINE SPECTATOR 96 POINTS - "This throws off a beautiful blitz of mulberry and boysenberry coulis, with sparkles of rose hip, iris and hibiscus throughout. Sleek and racy in feel, with a savory element peeking through on the fresh finish. Drink now through 2036."
ANTONIO GALLONI 97 POINTS - "The 2023 Pinot Noir Occidental Station is sourced from a site that is further inland than the Occidental estate. It offers a captivating mix of intense dark fruit and equally imposing tannins. The Occidental Station is often the most immediate of the wines in this range, but not in 2023. Readers will have to be patient here, as the dense 2023 is currently defined by its raw, unbridled energy."
WINE SPECTATOR 96 POINTS - "This throws off a beautiful blitz of mulberry and boysenberry coulis, with sparkles of rose hip, iris and hibiscus throughout. Sleek and racy in feel, with a savory element peeking through on the fresh finish. Drink now through 2036."
