Danbury Ridge Pinot Noir 2022
Essex
England, England
Regular price£255.53
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OCC |
| ABV: 13.5% | Closure: |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2025 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2032 |
| Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir | |
Critic scores
90+ RP, 91 NM, 92 VM, 17 JR, 93 DC, 92 GM
Critic reviews
"The extremities of the year—which ran to notable hydric stress on some clays in ultra-dry Essex and indeed beyond—make themselves known in this firmly drawn 2022 Pinot Noir, whose quality will best show from 2026 onward. With dark cherry, earth and roasted spice aromatics, the fruit is tightly bound for now, although there’s nothing out of place—time on cork will elicit a little further silkiness and perfume to provide some light and shade against the sense of raw extract still settling."
Tom Hewson, July 2025, RobertParker.com
"The 2022 Pinot Noir has more concentration than the previous vintage. It shows a mixture of red and black fruit and veins of blue fruit that I have not noticed in previous releases. It's riper but still very well-defined. The palate is medium-bodied with juicy, ripe black fruit, perhaps a little more New World influenced than Burgundy. Grainy tannins are well integrated with impressive grip towards the finish, with a touch of white pepper on the aftertaste. This will require a couple of years in bottle."
Neal Martin, February 2024, Vinous.com
"The 2022 Pinot Noir spent 12 months in oak and opens with gentle smokiness and a touch of blood orange, but also introduces a darker note of elderberry. It is ripe and almost full-bodied, yet achieves the perfect harvest point that preserves the nature of Pinot Noir even in the hot year of 2022. Tannins are smooth, responding to a lovely savoriness that tingles gently with pepper and wild rose hedge. This is lovely now but will be even better with bottle age."
Anne Krebiehl MW, October 2025, Vinous.com
"Bright garnet. Some light oak, but fully ripe fruit with real character and a dry finish. An ambitious wine!"
Jancis Robinson, September 2025, JancisRobinson.com
"From a warm vintage in the Crouch Valley, this wine flourishes with cranberry and eucalyptus on the nose. Aged in French oak for 12 months, it's savoury and spiced on the attack, with darker fruit and hints of prune, carried by chalky tannins. Very elegant and mineral despite the ripe fruit, with touches of black pepper leading to a long finish. Only 42 barrels were produced."
Sylvia Wu, November 2025, Decanter.com
Tom Hewson, July 2025, RobertParker.com
"The 2022 Pinot Noir has more concentration than the previous vintage. It shows a mixture of red and black fruit and veins of blue fruit that I have not noticed in previous releases. It's riper but still very well-defined. The palate is medium-bodied with juicy, ripe black fruit, perhaps a little more New World influenced than Burgundy. Grainy tannins are well integrated with impressive grip towards the finish, with a touch of white pepper on the aftertaste. This will require a couple of years in bottle."
Neal Martin, February 2024, Vinous.com
"The 2022 Pinot Noir spent 12 months in oak and opens with gentle smokiness and a touch of blood orange, but also introduces a darker note of elderberry. It is ripe and almost full-bodied, yet achieves the perfect harvest point that preserves the nature of Pinot Noir even in the hot year of 2022. Tannins are smooth, responding to a lovely savoriness that tingles gently with pepper and wild rose hedge. This is lovely now but will be even better with bottle age."
Anne Krebiehl MW, October 2025, Vinous.com
"Bright garnet. Some light oak, but fully ripe fruit with real character and a dry finish. An ambitious wine!"
Jancis Robinson, September 2025, JancisRobinson.com
"From a warm vintage in the Crouch Valley, this wine flourishes with cranberry and eucalyptus on the nose. Aged in French oak for 12 months, it's savoury and spiced on the attack, with darker fruit and hints of prune, carried by chalky tannins. Very elegant and mineral despite the ripe fruit, with touches of black pepper leading to a long finish. Only 42 barrels were produced."
Sylvia Wu, November 2025, Decanter.com