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Littorai, Pinot Noir Les Larmes Anderson Valley, 2023

Red Wine from California, United States
by Littorai
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“Les Larmes” (French for “the tears”) is Littorai’s appellation-level Pinot Noir for Anderson Valley, blending fruit from younger vines and select barrels across their top vineyard sites. It may be the most accessible bottling in the lineup, but it’s made with the same care and terroir-driven philosophy that defines all of Ted Lemon’s wines: biodynamic farming, native fermentations, low extraction, and minimal new oak.

The 2023 vintage was cool and even, yielding a wine that’s vivid and fresh. Expect aromas of red cherry, pomegranate, forest floor, and rose petal, with subtle notes of spice and tea leaf. The palate is silky and balanced, with a fine acid line and gentle tannins that carry through a long, graceful finish.

Les Larmes 2023 is everything fans of Littorai love: elegant, restrained, and reflective of place. Drink it now with a light decant, or cellar for 5–8 years to watch it deepen.

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More about Littorai

Ted Lemon, trained in Burgundy and the first American hired as winemaker at Domaine Guy Roulot, founded Littorai with his wife Heidi in 1993. Now, 85% of their Pinot Noir and Chardonnay sources come from biodynamically farmed vineyards across Sonoma and Mendocino. Minimalist winemaking, site-driven wines—the California coast at its quietest and most refined.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Noir

  • Vintage

    2023

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Polaner Selections has to say about this wine:

VineyardLes Larmes is a blend of de-classified barrels and press wine from the Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Vineyards including Cerise, Savoy, Wendling and once again One Acre.SoilVaried soil types including clay loam soils and rocky volcanic soilsViticultureAll Vertical shoot positioned-sustainably farmed.VinificationOpen top fermenters with native yeasts for 18 daysAging11 months in French oak, approximately 10% new

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roasted chicken, grilled salmon, mushroom dishes, soft cheeses, California cuisine

Tasting Profile

Medium-bodied red with red cherry and earth notes, silky tannins, balanced acidity, elegant finish with mineral undertones.

Littorai is the California Pinot Noir for Burgundy lovers. Ted Lemon was the first American in charge of a Burgundy estate at Guy Rulot after the sudden passing of Guy. He went on to work with Bruno Clair, Dujac and Roumier. Lucky for us, those experiences did not go to waste. Ted started Littorai in 1993 with his wife Heidi and is now, arguably, California's best winemaker.

Ted and Heidi now produce a series of single vineyard Pinot Noir and Chardonnays (plus one regional blend of each grape) in miniscule amounts. All of the grapes are farmed to Ted's specifications, attempting to mirrior his biodynamic home vineyard, Pivot.

The wines are about as low intervention as you can get. After thorough sorting, bunches and destemmed berries are pressed, with the ratio depending on what the vintage dictates, into large neutral tanks for a long, slow fermentation with wild yeasts. The juice is racked into barrels where it sits, nearly undisturbed with an occasional top up if required for up to two years. Wines are carefully racked of their lees and touch of sulphur is added before bottling. That's it.

The resulting wines are nothing less than profound. Year in and year out these are my favorite Pinot Noir's outside of Burgundy and in some vintages maybe better. Each wine clearly expreses the nuance and harmnony of the terroir, with a character that can only be described as "precisely alive".