Wines

For those interested in joining our Wine Club, you will enjoy 20% savings on all purchases. Our 2019 Spring shipment offers a variety of our current releases:

2015 Blanc de Gris
2017 White Pinot Noir
Solera Pinot Noir Volume 6

We ship 6 bottles automatically twice a year to Club members. We welcome any requests for substitution of any of the wines in our Wine Club shipments. Please note that by purchasing our Wine Club bundle, you are consenting to the terms of our Wine Club membership. Email us at info@lichenestate.com and we'll be glad to make the desired changes. Enjoy!

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.  

Our Estate sparkling wine takes inspiration from classic French champagnes, intended for serious fans of good bubbly. Made of 100% Pinot Gris, the wine is Alsace-scented, with incisive green apple accenting the aromas of diesel and lees. This sparkler is full-bodied and fruit driven on the palate, with a laser focus. A complete wine with a surprising character.

Solera Pinot Noir Volume 6, our multi-vintage blend of Pinot Noir, includes seven vintages of Pinot Noir from 2011 through 2017. This complex and delicious wine offers a retrospective on the Lichen Estate vineyard.

Six years in the making, our 2012 Grand Cuvée spent 52 months en tirage and more than a year under cork after disgorging, this wine deserves the moniker "tête de cuvée" or the best of our best. Fine bubbles in the glass give way to a complex nose of fresh baked bread and toasted chestnuts in the nose. Racy on entry, broad in the mid-palate and mouth watering on the finish, the Grand Cuvée continuously delights. 

Lichen Estate’s 2017 Moonglow Pinot Noir, true to prior Moonglow form, is a plush, generous, fruit-driven wine. Beautifully integrated, fills your mouth with cherries and great acidity. Makes your teeth and tongue pucker in a good way on the finish. Velvety tannins provide framework and structure. We blend Moonglow Pinot for easy drinking in its youth but it will stand the test of time.

Lichen's 2014 Blanc de Noir, made in the methode champenoise with 28 months en tirage, offers the classic characters of hazelnut and brioche in the nose, matched by luxurious mousse and a rich and full-bodied bubbly in the mouth. Put it in a paper bag at a Champagne tasting and it's easily confused by connoisseurs with top-tier grower producer Blanc de Noirs. (We know because we've done it!)

Lichen Estate’s 2016 Les Pinot Noir & Gris, perhaps our most inventive wine, displays the savory nuance of previous vintages. With 80% of the blend built from press fractions of fruit picked for sparkling wine, it clocks in at a low 11% alcohol with lavish native acidity. This vintage we added a touch of riper white (i.e. whole cluster pressed) Pinot Noir aged in neutral larger oak puncheons for 16 months, bringing a breadth not seen in previous vintages. Classic lychee and stone fruits do a jig with grapefruit on the mid-palate, with fruit characters accented by a touch of sweetness. Yet its dry finish threatens to cross the line from mouthwatering to out-and-out drooling. Apologies in advance for any embarrassing moments when savoring this one among friends.

Lichen’s savory 2016 Pinot Gris offers tropical notes and white pepper in the nose. Floral stone fruits compliment the bite of Granny Smith apple in the midpalate. A light touch of residual sugar and partial malolactic fermentation offsets the racy acidity. Finishes dry.

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.

A fine, persistent mousse crackles in the glass and lifts the aromatics. Broader with more weight than our 2012, the 2013 remains focussed by its bright acid backbone. Crushed granite and grapefruit are balanced by warm brioche. A generous bubbly that strikes a balance between California opulence and classic French elegance.

While Lichen’s 2015 Moonglow Pinot Noir will certainly stand the test of time, we intentionally craft it to be quaffable in its youth. The 2015 Moonglow, made with 100% Lichen Estate fruit, fills the palate with a light cherry flush, lingers on the mid-palate, delicate and poised, finishing with anise and spice, and everything nice. The texture is sleek and refined, with caramel and vanilla bean accents at the core and ripe tart cherry and plum flavors. Velvety tannins provide framework and structure, and dark chocolate notes add complexity to the finish.