Pinot Noir
Compelling dark fruit notes of blueberry, blackberry, and boysenberry
2020 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills 2020 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills An explosion of red fruit with an understated yet elegant savory quality. Nostalgic notes of cinnamon stick and clove mesmerize. Deeply rich with an earthy core and copious amounts of fruit. This 2020 is refreshingly light on the palate [...]
2015 Edna Valley Vineyard Pinot Noir Central Coast 2015 Edna Valley Vineyard Pinot Noir Central Coast Our 2015 Edna Valley Vineyard Central Coast Pinot Noir offers a taste that is both rich in style and light on the palate. Nuances of rose petal and black cherry set the stage for this Pinot, leading to flavors of [...]
2020 DuMol Pinot Noir Wester Reach 2020 DuMol Pinot Noir Wester Reach The wine is dynamic, alive and precise. It begins in a coastal style–sleek, focused and linear. The deep entry expands along strong lines with good drive and detail to its red and black fruit flavors. As it fully opens, natural Russian River textures [...]
2017 Lincourt Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills 2017 Lincourt Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills The 2017 vintage displays aromatics of sweet cherries and dried strawberries with hints of hibiscus tea. On the palate, this wine presents itself as a light bodied Pinot Noir with nuance of violets, Chambord, cedar, and classic black pepper notes of [...]
2018 Louis Latour Corton Charlemagne 2018 Louis Latour Corton Charlemagne The 2018 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is also quite promising, exhibiting aromas of pear, buttered citrus fruit, honeycomb, toasted almonds and white flowers. Full-bodied, satiny and rich, with a fleshy core of fruit and good underlying freshness, I hope it can repeat this fine performance from [...]
2018 Left Coast Cellars Pinot Noir Dijon Clone Latitude 2018 Left Coast Cellars Pinot Noir Dijon Clone Latitude This is a reserve-level barrel selection from the oldest estate vineyard. In this excellent 2018 vintage, it’s a superstar—firm, dense and supple, loaded with black fruits and highlights of cola. There’s a light hint of peat moss [...]
The Stalker Pinot Noir is a unique wine. The fermentation style was developed by ROCO’s owner/winemaker
2019 Thierry Et Pascale Matrot Maranges Vieilles Vignes 2019 Thierry Et Pascale Matrot Maranges Vieilles Vignes A robust 2019 wine full of character, with rich fruity aromas. A concentration of red fruit and peppery notes. The most southern appellation of the Côte de Beaune. The vines are planted on steep marly limestone slopes facing southeast. [...]
2019 Bouchard Pere & Fils Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Caill 2019 Bouchard Pere & Fils Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Caill Intense notes of black fruit blended with oaky touches and delicately spiced. Full and fleshy on the palate, the structure of this 2019 wine is based on elegant tannins. Very good ageing potential. Bouchard Pere & Fils Founded in [...]
2019 Bouchard Pere & Fils Pommard Rugiens 2019 Bouchard Pere & Fils Pommard Rugiens A beautiful 2019 Burgundy that’s weighty in the mouth, deliciously mineral and impressively focused, this ’09 has the kind of structure that may make you overlook its ripe cherries and sun-warmed strawberries laid atop a foundation of smoked meat and toasty [...]
2019 Louis Latour Corton Charlemagne 2019 Louis Latour Corton Charlemagne The 2019 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is also quite promising, exhibiting aromas of pear, buttered citrus fruit, honeycomb, toasted almonds and white flowers. Full-bodied, satiny and rich, with a fleshy core of fruit and good underlying freshness, I hope it can repeat this fine performance from [...]
Arroyo Seco - Located in Monterey County, the Arroyo Seco AVA is rooted in the history of California's wine industry. It offers a dramatic setting with a unique and diverse landscape.
2018 Thierry Et Pascale Matrot Maranges Vieilles Vignes 2018 Thierry Et Pascale Matrot Maranges Vieilles Vignes A robust 2018 wine full of character, with rich fruity aromas. A concentration of red fruit and peppery notes. The most southern appellation of the Côte de Beaune. The vines are planted on steep marly limestone slopes facing southeast. [...]
2018 Domaine de Montille Volnay Taillepieds 2018 Domaine de Montille Volnay Taillepieds; Burgundy, France Winemaker Notes; Volnay “Les Taillepieds” has little to envy the great wines of the Côte de Nuits : it is a model of aromatic purity, of precision and of structural exactness. The nose is highly defined, precise, pure, often floral and [...]
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It finishes with a hint of pepper along with toasty barrel notes.
Nose : Dark on the nose with appealing aromatics of black cherry and bramble fruit. Palate : The palate reveals layers of florals gentle spice melding with notes of boysenberry and doris plum and framed by finely realised silky tannins and juicy acidity.
2019 The Calling Pinot Noir 2019 The Calling Pinot Noir Featuring green melon, Bosc pears, citrus pith and yeasty hints, the light to medium-bodied 2019 vintage Pinot Noir. Dutton Ranch has a good core of ripe fruit lifted by lively acidity and finishes long with honey hints. The Calling When Jim Nantz and Peter Deutsch [...]
2018 Domaine Coffinet-Duvernay Chassagne-Montrachet Les 2018 Domaine Coffinet-Duvernay Chassagne-Montrachet Les This 2018 wine is textured, shot through with minerality and ripe fruits. Toast and spice give extra richness and soften the still-young acidity. The wine is still maturing, so wait to drink until 2023. Taub Family Taub Family Selections represents a portfolio of fine wines [...]
2020 Duck Pond Pinot Noir 2020 Duck Pond Pinot Noir In the glass, dark cherry and molasses aromas rise with hints of sarsaparilla. Notes of baking spice and soil add depth and complexity. Aromas of vibrant black cherry mingle with notes of molasses and caramel, with hints of iris and spearmint. Duck Pond For over [...]
2018 The Calling Pinot Noir Russian River Valley 2018 The Calling Pinot Noir Russian River Valley The bright ruby red color hints at the red raspberry, fresh red plum and wild cherry aromas with notes of white pepper and rose petal in this 2018 wine. The red plum, cherry and strawberry on the palate are [...]
2017 Artesa Pinot Noir Estate Reserve 2017 Artesa Pinot Noir Estate Reserve Delicate, crunchy red fruit is lifted by a floral accent in this estate-farmed 2017 wine. Crushed rock and iron components add complexity and texture to a rounded, rich and balanced expression of the variety. Artesa Over 25 years ago, Spain’s oldest winemaking family, [...]
2019 Colin Barollet Savigny-Les-Beaune 2019 Colin Barollet Savigny-Les-Beaune; Cote de Beaune, France A wine of elegance, finesse, and balance. Pinot Noir is the dominant red wine grape of Burgundy, now adopted (and extensively studied) in wine regions all over the world. The variety’s elusive charm has carried it to all manner of vineyards.These extend from western [...]
2017 Pahlmeyer Pinot Noir Jayson 2017 Pahlmeyer Pinot Noir Jayson This 2017 wine has deep ruby red color in the glass. Aromas of cherry blossom and sweet, dark blueberries lead onto a dense, creamy palate with hints of ripe black fruit and seductive oak. This is a fruit-driven, hedonistic, approachable Pinot Noir. Pahlmeyer The Pahlmeyer [...]
2018 Rickshaw Pinot Noir 2018 Rickshaw Pinot Noir; Sonoma County, USA Winemaker Notes; This 2018 Pinot Noir possesses kirsch and black cherry notes, cola and baking spices from the kiss of French oak it sees. A persistent core of sweet fruit extract balanced with bright acidity. Endlessly energetic, this Pinot is the ultimate versatile wine, [...]