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. — 7 months ago
12/04/23
Clarks
— 8 months ago
Dry and herbal with wood, earth, and dark cherry notes and gentle bitterness. — 7 months ago
Frank Kuo
Color of dark purple, nice legs. Nose of tobacco leaves, dark fruits, black cherry and strawberry, hint of cigar, and some oak note. Taste follows similar dark fruits track, with addition of solid tannin, strawberry, refined acidity and a bit mineral. Taste is flavorful, clean, and mouthful. Alcohol content hidden inside the flavors. Aftertaste is long with oak, fruits, and zest. Nicely done. — 8 days ago