Cycles Gladiator Pinot Noir (75cl, 14.3%)

Cycles Gladiator Pinot Noir is a California Pinot Noir produced by Hahn Family Wines and aged for nine months in new French oak barrels. The label draws from a famous 1890s French advertising poster for the Cycles Gladiator bicycle company. It earned 88 points from Wine Enthusiast and a recommendation in Decanter Magazine's February 2021 edition. The nose leads with cherry and cola, followed by ripe mulberry, plum, chicory, warm spice and light toasty oak. The palate is juicy, with strawberry and pomegranate expanding into black cherry and rhubarb, plus coffee, nutmeg, cinnamon, earthy forest floor and mineral complexity. The finish is silky, with lingering vanilla, soft earth and a whisper of wood smoke.