Tongue 'n Cheek Pinot Noir 2021 Lingua Franca

Professionele reviews

Robert Parker (95)

Initial flinty tones on the nose of the 2021 Pinot Noir Tongue 'N Cheek give way to strawberry and raspberry preserves, aniseed and rooibos tea. The palate is bursting with generous, crunchy red fruit flavors. It’s structured by velvety tannins and mouthwatering acidity and has a long, latent finish. Powerful yet pretty, it unfurls dramatically with air and will benefit from 3-5+ years in the cellar.

Winespectator (94)

Dynamic and sleekly layered, with handsomely detailed flavors of cherry and guava accented by stony minerality, black tea and forest floor tones as this builds tension and richness toward refined tannins.

Jeb Dunnuck (93)

Lingua Franca first made this cuvee in 2015. The 2021 Pinot Noir Tongue 'N Cheek was 100% destemmed and pours a ripe ruby/magenta color. Coming from two vineyards, it’s ripe and forward in the glass, with a fruity bouquet of violets and black raspberries. It needs a little air on opening, but it’s ripe with a touch of iron-rich mineral notes through the palate, ripe tannins, and a note of orange oil. Drink 2025-2037.