Wines

Current CLUB Bundle

·       2 bottles 2019 Estate Pinot Noir

·       2 Bottles Solera Pinot Noir Volume 8

·       1 Bottle 2016 Blanc de Gris

·       1 Bottle 2015 Grand Cuvée Rosé

The laser focus of our 100% Pinot Gris starts with a honeyed sweetness on entry, then explodes with white peach, coriander, honey biscuit, and nectarines across the palate, then delivers a long wet gravel finish. After 32 months en tirage, this bubbly improves with a little air and is even better a day after being opened, if it lasts that long!

Our 2019 Estate Pinot Noir shows off the vineyard with best of vintage barrel selection, 22 months on oak with 50% new French and Hungarian from Francois Frere, Cadus, and Kadar. Aromas of brown sugar, black cherry, cola, and nutmeg jump from the glass. On the palate, maraschino cherries layer atop an earthy wet leaf note, with plush, lengthy tannins on the finish.

Our 2019 Moonglow Pinot Noir brings a refinement, focus, and beauty to the Moonglow lineup that shows off the maturity of Lichen's estate vineyard. Even in its youth, pitch perfect cherry notes let you know we grow it at the heart of Anderson Valley. 

Nine vintages in the making (2011-2019), this wine has grown every year in complexity and popularity. The Volume 8 ups the game with the blend spending more time in oak and receiving a new oak regimen similar to the Estate Pinot Noir. Exotic Indian spices meet sherried plums in the nose, with baked cherries, figs, and raspberries dancing across the tongue all wrapped in silky tannins.

Our 2019 Pinot Gris continues Lichen’s rich and racy take yet on this dazzlingly aromatic varietal. Grippy lemon and grapefruit dance out of the glass and leave your mouth awash in citrus joy. 

The 2018 Les Pinots Noir & Gris follows the racy, focussed tradition of this bottling since its inception in 2012. With 70% of the fruit coming from sparkling wine press cuts this is an acid lover's dream. Add in the lemony citrus notes and a savory finish of crushed granite and you will see why our white wines are unique, none more than this gem.

This innovative White Pinot Noir tastes like no other. Jazzy white peach and nectarine stone fruit balanced by racy acidity dance across the palate. Fermented mostly in stainless, it went on to age for a year in Hungarian and French oak puncheons, bringing a weight and texture all its own. Off dry on the entry, it finishes mouthwatering and savory. 

Lichen’s tête de cuvée, the Grand Cuvée spent four and a half years en tirage. All that time on lees in the bottle delivers extraordinary complexity in the glass. A lightly toasted brioche and hazelnut greets the nose. Layer on layer of citrus flows over the palate. This dazzling sparkler will go toe-to-toe with any grower-producer or Grand Marque tête de cuvée vintage Champagne… we encourage you to compare for yourself with the “brown bag challenge”!

The 58 months our Grand Cuvée Rosé enjoyed en tirage, combined with a touch of still Pinot Noir at bottling made this the most complex sparkler Lichen has released to date, and a hands down favorite among staff. Dried tropical fruits — mango, papaya — on the approach, then evolves as it opens in the glass to watermelon, peach, and baked apples. Enters with white raspberry and candied ginger, ending with a lingering tangerine finish. Seamless start to finish.

Lichen’s tête de cuvée, the Grand Cuvée spent four and a half years en tirage. All that time on lees in the bottle delivers extraordinary complexity in the glass. A lightly toasted brioche and hazelnut greets the nose. Layer on layer of citrus flows over the palate. This dazzling sparkler will go toe-to-toe with any grower-producer or Grand Marque tête de cuvée vintage Champagne… we encourage you to compare for yourself with the “brown bag challenge”!

Lichen's 2017 White Pinot Noir delivers a gorgeous floral nose followed by a mouthfull of gravelly minerality and stone fruit. This unique wine, fermented mostly in stainless went on to age for a year in Hungarian oak puncheons, bringing a weight and texture all its own. Off dry on the entry, it finishes mouthwatering and savory.

Purity and expression of place mark every aspect of this wine. Expansive in the nose, with bright plums and toasty oak, it dances on the tongue with a lighter step than previous Lichen Estate Pinot Noir efforts. Cranberries and Bing cherries. Seamlessly knitted together and elegant, a Fred Astaire meets Ginger Rogers kind of wine.