Artesa estate spotlight
The official Artesa Estate Vineyards and Winery channel presents the estate Pinot Noir grown on the Carneros hilltop above San Pablo Bay.
The market on this bottle
Wine-Searcher tracks this 2022 Artesa Winery Estate Pinot Noir Carneros across the open market. Their published U.S. low is $24.10 and the average is $24.10. Our slash is $24.00.
2022 Artesa Winery Estate Pinot Noir Carneros, USA
Fog-cooled Carneros Pinot from a Spanish hilltop estate, red cherry and silk, a 2022 you can open at twenty-four dollars.
The 2022 Estate Pinot Noir is 100 percent Pinot from Los Carneros: plum, strawberry, cranberry, rose petal, raspberry, sandalwood, now $24.
Carneros nerve, not generic California Pinot weight
Artesa sits in the wind off San Pablo Bay, where Pinot can keep acidity, floral lift, and a savory edge. James Suckling found red cherry, pomegranate, dried herbs, and a clean midweight finish. This is the bottle that makes duck or salmon feel considered without asking for a speech.
The house
Spain's Raventos Codorniu family built Artesa on a Carneros hilltop in the 1990s, turning a sparkling-wine brief into still Pinot and Chardonnay.
The wine
100% Pinot Noir. Hand-harvested in September, a four-day cold soak, eight months in French oak with 10 percent new wood.
The scores
James Suckling 91.
The drinker
Red cherry and herb first. Serve 55 to 58 F. Open 15 minutes. Salmon or duck with cherry.
Red fruit, silk, a savory Carneros shadow
The winery points to plum, strawberry, cranberry, and rose on the nose, then raspberry, blueberry, red cherry, and sandalwood. Suckling kept it lifted and focused: smooth tannins, bright acidity, a gentle finish.
Blocks were picked through September as each reached flavor. Cold soak first, then a press decision tank by tank so tannin stayed silk instead of stemmy.
Plum, strawberry, cranberry, rose petal, red cherry, pomegranate, dried herb.
Midweight, smooth tannin, bright Carneros acidity, 14.2% ABV.
Sandalwood spice, a clean persistent close. Serve 55 to 58 F. Brief air if opening young.
Cold soak, then a light French-oak frame
The 2022 technical path is patience more than force. Fruit was hand-harvested through September. Tanks were chilled for a four-day cold soak to pull color and aroma before fermentation. The wine was pressed when flavor and tannin lined up, then aged eight months in French oak, only 10 percent new.
Fog and wind slow the ripening curve. That is why this Pinot keeps line: red fruit, floral lift, and enough savory detail to stay interesting after the first sip.
Serve 55 to 58 F. If the bottle has been sitting warm, give it 20 minutes in the fridge. Burgundy stems help the rose petal.
A Spanish family on a Carneros hilltop
Artesa is Catalan for handcrafted. The Raventos Codorniu family brought four centuries of sparkling-wine memory to a sea-facing hillside and learned to speak Pinot.
The winery opened in 1991 as a sparkling project. By 1997 the house had renamed itself Artesa and committed to still wines from Carneros and Napa.
About 150 acres of estate vineyard wrap the hill, matched block by block to soil, slope, and sun. Pinot and Chardonnay are the natural fit.
The 2022 Estate Pinot is that brief in a glass: wind, fog, red fruit, and a price that lets you pour it on a weeknight.
Salmon, duck, herbs, a little fruit
This Pinot is a bridge wine. Red enough for duck, fresh enough for salmon and herbs. Cherry sauce mirrors the fruit without turning the plate sweet.
Two plates. One herb-roasted salmon with Pinot sauce. One duck breast with cherry.
Serve 55 to 58 F. Open 15 minutes ahead, or decant briefly for more perfume.
Herb-Roasted Salmon with Pinot Noir Sauce
David Pisegna's salmon with tarragon, thyme, and a Pinot reduction.
Why it works: Silky tannin handles the fish. Red cherry and pomegranate brighten the sauce.
View Recipe for herb-roasted salmon with Pinot Noir sauce (opens in a new tab)
Duck Breast with Cherry Sauce
Duck gives the wine a little luxury. Cherry sauce locks onto the red-fruit core.
Why it works: Acidity cuts the fat. Cherry, pomegranate, and gentle spice meet the sauce.
View Recipe for duck breast with cherry sauce (opens in a new tab)Put this Carneros Pinot in the cart
Estate Carneros fruit, James Suckling 91, twenty-four dollars a bottle, and twenty dollars at twelve, against a $67 typical retail.
Put twelve in the cart. This is Pinot for salmon, duck, and a table that wants elegance without a collector speech.
