Chef Charlie Palmer's Pigs & Pinot Sonoma annual weekend event:
Ultimate pinot smackdown Sat afternoon.
4 master somms present 4 of their fav pinots and try to sell you on their choice.
Wines: Bruliam, Pig Named Stella, Resonance, Kosta Browne, Blue Farm, Lucia, Tendril, Dakel, Arista, Foxen, Antica Terra, Dalrymple, La Rochelle, Melville, Gramercy, Copain..16 tastings about 2 bottles of wine per person...ooooccchhh!
Winner:
Lucia vineyard - 2021 Soberanes vineyard
Runner up:
Blue Farm wines - 2019 Anne Katherine vin. — 2 years ago
Great with chocolate or steak. Definitely worth buying again. Got it at olive grove. — 4 years ago
Very full body. Red fruits and earth. Persistent finish. I think will be better tomorrow. — a month ago
Cherry, raspberry preserves, blackberry, currant, vanilla, dark chocolate and oak. Full-bodied and moderate tannins. — 4 years ago
Peach, mango, full body balanced by bright acidity. Not a lot getting in the way here. — 3 years ago
More structure and tannin than stagecoach. — 4 years ago
TwiLea Fletcher
05.02.25
So much goodness going on here. Pepper earth dark berries plum? — 7 days ago