PISONI Lucy Pico Blanco - Santa Lucia Highlands 2023/24 Bottle

Description

A vibrant white blend from the renowned Pisoni family, crafted with the same precision as their legendary Santa Lucia Highlands estate wines. This unique marriage of Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc captures the cooling maritime influence of Monterey County. The nose is highly aromatic, bursting with scents of Meyer lemon, stone fruit, and white jasmine, underscored by a characteristic saline minerality.

On the palate, the 2024 vintage is electric and crisp, offering layers of green apple and zesty citrus supported by a refreshing, bone-dry acidity. Beyond its technical excellence, the Lucy label carries a philanthropic mission, with a portion of proceeds dedicated to breast cancer research. This energetic white is an ideal partner for oysters, ceviche, or fresh garden salads.

65% Pinot Gris/35% Pinot Blanc.

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ABOUT PISONI
Pisoni is a distinguished family-owned producer based in the Santa Lucia Highlands of Monterey County, renowned for its expressive estate grown Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and for single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from neighbouring sites. The estate was established by Gary Pisoni, whose early commitment to low yielding plantings and attentive vineyard work laid the foundation for the Pisoni reputation. Today the operation remains in family hands, principally led by his sons Mark and Jeff Pisoni, who continue to prioritise site selection, vine health and quality-driven farming.

Vineyards are worked meticulously and sit on well drained, sloping sites that benefit from cool Pacific breezes and significant diurnal range, conditions that favour slow ripening and retention of natural acidity. The core estate holdings focus on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay planted to multiple clones in carefully managed blocks, while the family has also sourced and developed adjoining sites for Cabernet Sauvignon and other varieties. Vine age varies across blocks, with older vines contributing concentration and younger plantings adding freshness and precision. Viticultural practice stresses hand work, canopy management, yield control and selective picking to ensure fruit is harvested at optimum phenolic ripeness.

Winemaking is directed by the Pisoni family with a hands on approach in the cellar. Small batch fermentations, parcel by parcel handling and gentle extraction techniques are commonly used to preserve site expression and to capture nuanced aromatics. Fermentations are temperature managed and élevage in French oak of varying age and format is employed judiciously to support structure without masking fruit character. Regular blending trials and bottle tasting guide final selections for the estate bottlings and limited release single vineyard wines.

Pisoni wines are admired for their depth of fruit, floral complexity, fine natural acidity and poised tannin structure. They combine immediate charm with the capacity to develop additional layers of complexity with careful cellaring. The family continues to invest in clonal selection, precise viticulture and cellar refinement to sustain the estate reputation for producing terroir driven wines of focus and balance.