White Walnut Estate Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 2023

Jeb Dunnuck : 94 Points

(8/26/2025) The 2023 Pinot Noir Dundee Hills bursts with purity and energy, pouring a deep ruby hue. Aromas of grenadine, boysenberry, sweet sage, and crushed violets leap from the glass. The palate is vivid and approachable, with exceptional clarity and length. There's a Vosne-Romanée-like pleasure here, seductive yet grounded, and it's built to evolve beautifully over the next 15 years. I was initially impressed by the Chardonnays, but these Pinots are thrilling. 960 cases were produced.

Decanter : 96 Points

(8/17/2025) Explosively aromatic with sapid blue fruits and a sense of early season cool blue fruits, hibiscus tea, fermented in concrete, 3 weeks on skin, about 20% or so. All native, barrel-aged for 8-9 months and then aged for 1 month in concrete. Great notes of hibiscus tea, wet stone and umami-driven forest floor elements. Purple violets are fantastic and compelling. An incredible value at $45, sourced from a number of Dundee Hills sites. All of which are within two miles of the winery. This wine is composed of White Walnut, Apple Field, Olenik, Anderson Family, and Chris’ Terra Rosa sites. Drinking Window: 2025 - 2035.

James Suckling : 94 Points

(3/13/2025) Vibrant and intense, this red goes deep on red forest berries, pomegranates, blood oranges and hibiscus. Tense and succulent with a medium body, this is so juicy and fruit-driven, with plenty of citrus freshness and a dusty tannic frame. Pure, delicious and long. Drink or hold.