2024 Terra Sancta Mysterious Diggings Pinot Noir

98 POINTS

James Suckling

Incredibly intense aromas of cherries, strawberries, peaches, melon and fresh flowers. Medium-bodied with creamy, open-grained tannins and a juicy finish. Refreshing, vivid and vibrant. A pinot noir for today. From a mix of clones on their own roots planted in 1999 and farmed organically.

93 POINTS

Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

It's beautifully lifted on the nose, showing sweet cherry, cured meat, floral, and warm spice aromas. The palate exhibits juicy fruit intensity with a silky texture and fine tannins, resulting in a harmonious and balanced profile with a lingering, supple finish.

Kasia Sobiesiak - The Wine Front

I went and I bought. Technically, this review sets me back, but passion knows no price tags. Mysterious Diggings is indeed a bit mysterious at times. Do I dig it? Let’s see. Upon opening, the wine is tight and closed with a light veil of reduction, a la peppery, smoked charcuterie and dead flowers, perhaps. At this stage, the wine is given the benefit of the doubt, and time in the glass is exercised (even an extra day). This smoky character does blow off a bit but the wine remains wild in a way, showing damp forest, wet green rocks, something a little leafy and compost-like. Regardless, there is good fruity clarity underneath brought by the glossy, crunchy red cherry, raspberry and plum. It’s a light wine, with some sloshy red liquorice cordial flow, pinching spice, morphing into a warming sensation in the aftertaste. The extra day helped. It still has an intriguing nuance developing on the nose, but the palate remains rather simple and diffuse towards a modest finish. I’d drink a glass out of curiosity, maybe chilled.