Domaine Nicolas Jay Nicolas Jay L'Ensemble Pinot Noir 2023 750ml

A jeweled ruby hue, the 2021 Pinot Noir L’Ensemble needs a little time to open in the glass before revealing aromas of fresh pine, ripe cherry liqueur, and toasted spice. Supple and medium to full-bodied, with ripe tannins, it delivers elegant freshness and wonderful purity through its long, mouthwatering, seamless finish. Drink 2025–2037. (Audrey Frick)

Seduction meets elegant structure in this Pinot, which offers graceful raspberry and cherry flavors accented by rose petal and savory spice notes before finishing with polished tannins. Drink now through 2032. 2,000 cases made. (Tim Fish)

The 2021 Pinot Noir L’Ensemble comes from grapes across several appellations, including McMinnville, Eola-Amity Hills, Dundee Hills, Yamhill-Carlton and, most recently, Tualatin Hills. It takes plenty of air for its initial flintiness to give way to cranberries, raspberries, rose petals, blood orange and tea leaves. The palate features layered, complex flavors. It’s structured by velvety tannins, and its mouthwatering acidity calls you back to the glass for another nuanced sip. Bottled under Diam corks, it opens dramatically over time and will reward 3–5+ years’ cellaring.

This multi-AVA blend’s aromas of blackcap raspberries and sweet/spicy peony flowers are a wondrous perfume accented by notes of rich Indonesian coffee and wet clover. Its bittersweet dark chocolate, lemon and smoked black tea flavors encircle a ball of black-and-blueberries. Silky tannins, bright acidity and a brisk mouthfeel. (Michael Alberty)

With 26% new oak in this riper vintage, the bright red 2023 Pinot Noir L'Ensemble is sourced from all the vineyards they use. In the glass, it shows off notes of ripe cherries, forest herbs, pomegranate, pressed flowers, and fresh orange peel. Medium-bodied, it retains a lovely, refreshing nature in this warmer vintage, offering a lot of pleasure upfront, with a wide window for enjoyment over the next 8-10 years.

Blended from across the sites in the Nicolas-Jay portfolio, the 2023 Pinot Noir L'Ensemble has slowly unfurling scents of bramble fruit, tea leaves, forest floor and mushrooms. The medium-bodied palate offers concentrated, spicy flavors. It’s framed by chalky tannins and bright acidity and has a long, nuanced finish. It will benefit from time in the cellar.

Generous and spirited, with a lively structure of black cherry and raspberry flavors accented by orange peel and dusky spices. Drink now through 2033. 1,817 cases made.

The 2021 Pinot Noir L’Ensemble lifts from the glass with a dark and pleasantly herbal-tinged bouquet of crushed black cherries, brown spice and hints of cocoa. Silky-smooth with tart red berry depths, this saturates the palate as tannins slowly amass toward the close. Inner rose combines with raspberry and touches of citrus as the 2021 finishes long and staining yet only lightly tannic. 33% new French oak. (Eric Guido)