Youthful and engaging, this Pinot Noir is filled with bright notes of cranberry, cherries, lavender and hints of smoke. Jammy on the entry, the palate is coated with cola, leather, brown spices and cassis flavors that surround silky tannins and continue throughout a satisfyingly long finish.
This wine has a beautiful medium to dark garnet color with dried cherry, strawberry compote, vanilla and mocha aromatics. The flavor is balanced between juicy, cherry like fruit and toasted oak. This Pinot has finesse and finishes with lively acidity, firm tannins and well-integrated oak. It is the most Burgundian Sonoma...
La Crema Pinot Noir Monterey County 2011
This inaugural vintage of Monterey Pinot Noir offers seductive aromas of wild strawberry and fresh tea leaves...subtle notes of earthiness and minerality complement the fruit-driven intensity in the nose. The palate provides layered flavors of strawberry jam and black licorice, with hints of coffee bean and bramble notes that lead to a long and fleshy finish. - Melissa Stackhouse, La Crema Winemaker
Cambria Pinot Noir Julia's Vineyard 2011
Julia’s 2005 Pinot Noir offers dark ripe Bing cherry, raspberry and strawberry flavors that open into an underlying earthiness. A round mid-palate leads to vanilla and cinnamon spice on the silky finish.
Villa Mt Eden Pinot Noir Grand Reserve
Aromas of warm, sweet orange caramel strudel develop nicely into mature Pinot Noir fruit characters. The ripe red fruit flavors include hints of butterscotch with a touch of mushrooms and dried flower petals. The silky dried cranberry finish lingers seductively.
Carmel Road Winery is located in the heart of Monterey County where the air is crisp and the tempo is relaxed and measured. Most mornings their vineyards are shrouded in fog. Most afternoons a brisk Pacific Ocean wind blows southward along the ridge tops and benchlands of the Salinas Valley delivering...
The name Wild Horse is nearly synonymous with incredible Pinot Noirs. Each vineyard lot was hand-harvested and fermented separately in a mix of small open and closed-top fermentors. Lots were then inoculated with yeast after a three day cold soak to develop color and flavors. During fermentation, the open-tops were punched...
Belle Glos by Caymus showcases distinctive Pinot Noirs produced from some of California’s top wine-growing regions. The vineyard locations can all be described as coastal, but the climate differences are significant, depending on the amount of fog, wind, sunlight, and soil type at each site. Each wine is crafted to distill...
Bearboat Pinot Noir Russian River Valley
BearBoat Pinot Noir, made of 95% Pinot Noir and 5% old vine Gamay Beaujolas grapes, has a delicate body, well-balanced acidity and a lingering finish of strawberries. The cool climate of the Russian River Valley yields concentrated fruit, rich in flavor and tannin. Yields are kept low and the fruit is...
Beringer Pinot Noir Napa Valley
Boasting a dark ruby-garnet color with cherry, strawberry, sweet orange rind, old rose and spice aromas this wine has forward fruit aromas and flavors of sweet red cherries, sweet spice, and silky tannins.
Pinot Noir yields were down in 2007 by 20% as compared to historic averages. As with many low-yielding vintages, the grapes were healthy and the flavors very good. Due to cool weather, this 2007 Estate Pinot Noir has slightly higher acidity. In a true test of the vintage’s merit, this wine...
Estancia Pinot Noir Reserve 2008
Stonewall Vineyard is nestled in the heart of the acclaimed Monterey appellation of the Santa Lucia Highlands. This 80 acre vineyard is planted specifically to Pinot Noir and is just feet away from some of the most famous Pinot Noir vineyards in California, Gary’s Vineyard, Sleepy Hollow Vineyard and Rosella’s Vineyard....
Francis Ford Coppola Directors Cut Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast
Grown in the Sonoma Coast region, the methods we use for crafting Pinot Noir include early morning crush and a cold soak period to stabilize color. Open-top fermentation helps us achieve a plush, silky texture, which accentuates the tantalizing flavors of crushed cranberries, cherry, strawberry, allspice, clove and vanilla.
Byron Pinot Noir Santa Maria Valley 2008
The Santa Maria Valley is located on an unusual topographic slice of land known as a transverse range. Unlike the majority of California’s wine producing valleys, the orientation is east to west rather than north to south. As a consequence, an unprecedented amount of marine air and accompanying fog is pulled...
