Antica Terra Botanica 2012
Antica Terra Botanica 2012
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Antica Terra Botanica 2012

Antica Terra
$320.00

Grape: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2012
Type: Red

Sourced from the estate’s vineyard plots in the Eola-Amity Hills, this red wine is blended to showcase a rich, blood-orange driven expression of Pinot Noir. Winemaker Maggie Harrison selects barrels that display a textural width and fruit generosity, contrasting with the more linear lines of the Antikythera bottling. The fruit ferments with indigenous wild yeasts and a high percentage of whole clusters to build a firm phenolic framework. It matures for over a year in French oak barriques.

It exhibits a bright ruby-garnet color, releasing expressive aromas of crushed dark cherry, pomegranate, orange peel, and warm baking spices. A medium-bodied frame balances a fleshy, supple mouthfeel with a firm line of fine-grained tannins. Succulent flavors of red plum and strawberry blend with savory undertones of black tea and forest floor. A clean, driving acidity runs through mid-palate, keeping the generous fruit fresh and.

Maggie Harrison is a first-generation winemaker, having grown up in the Midwest. With an educational background in International Relations and Conflict Resolution, she fell in love with wine while working in restaurants and set out to follow that passion and create wine. She went on to land the position of assistant winemaker to Manfred Krankl at Sine Qua Non, where she remained for eight years. She is currently the co-owner and winemaker for Antica Terra, producing Pinot Noir and Chardonnay since 2005, and is also responsible for the Syrah at Lillian Winery in Santa Barbara. Initially, it had been her goal to only produce a singular wine, but during blind tastings for blending, she felt the various components would not necessarily complement one another and would overpower or detract from the other. Rather than force them to homogenize, each of the wines bottled today chases the individual and opposing personalities each possesses. Her wines are impeccably expressive and worth seeking out if you can get your hands on them.

I have always found with these wines that I am never compelled to overly coax the wine in tasting. They are distinctive, singular wines that, when given the time to allow the wine to come to you, make the transcendence to art.

- Audrey Frick (9/17/2023) © 2024 Jeb Dunnuck