
Beautiful nose - ripe black berries, blood, dried dark cherry, cornelian cherry. The palate hasn't caught up: high acidity, tannin that pushes a bit aggressive, and only on the finish does the perfumed spice come through to redeem things. Great wine in the bones, just not ready - give it years.
Illusion is Mythopia's everyday Pinot Noir, from the high Arbaz parcel of forty-five-year-old vines - the same fruit source as PI-NO, the two are barrel selections from the same harvest. Partial destemming, indigenous yeast, around twelve weeks in steel with pigeage, then roughly two years in 400-litre used oak. 12% ABV. No SO2, no fining, no filtration.