Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

Estate Pinot expresses the terroir of 3 vineyards. Deep Ruby color with aromas of red and black fruits and spice, whole cluster pressed, fermented in stainless steel. On the palate flavors of blueberry and cherry with earthy tones, nuts and cacao. Full-bodied, fine tannins, well balanced, medium+ finish ending with fruit and earthy spice notes. — a day ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.5

Could there be a better thanksgiving pairing? Not planned, but this became the grand slam of the evening. So much ripe fruit - cherry, red plum, strawberry, pomegranate - but in the best way. Evergreen notes. Amazing orange marmalade 3/4 of the way through that carries through on the finish. Cola notes on the finish. Concentrated California Grand Cru shit.

100% whole cluster, high elevation & low yielding vineyard. 50%ish new oak.
— 2 years ago

B Natasha Woo Ding

9.0

Soft and juicy. Actually goes really well with seafood, especially shellfish. — 3 years ago

Veronica Johnson Treco

9.2

Very good, not too Tanic — a month ago

Vanessa

9.3

“La Côte” of Domaine de la Côte is a DREAMY Pinot Noir from the Santa Rita Hills AVA of California’s Central Coast region.

Here pacific coastal breezes stretch inland and cool the sun-soaked vineyards. Domaine de la Côte has a collection of 6 vineyards on the western edge of Santa Rita Hills. On the back label you see a map of several of their vineyard blocks, including “La Côte” which is organically-farmed and nestled on a steep southeast-facing slope, where it absorbs the radiant sun during the growing season.

The grapes that went into this wine were harvested by hand, cluster-by-cluster, affording a gentler handling of the fruit with reduced risk of oxidation and microbial spoilage.

This wine was then fermented in a concrete vessel using 100% whole clusters (stems and all) thanks to the process of wild, ambient yeasts in the vineyard, winery, and on the skin of the berries…

The result is a positively perfumed and pristine berry-fruited profile with concentrated notes of black cherry, strawberry, raspberry, boysenberry, hibiscus, rosewater, cherry blossom, and anise balanced by a firm backbone of acidity and reserved alcoholic profile (13.1% ABV).

Following fermentation, this wine matured for 10 months in oak (30% new oak), lending delicate secondary notes of vanilla, clove, and cardamom.

The Domaine de la Côte “Bloom’s Field” was among the wines featured in the Somm 3 movie; it was blind tasted next to other French and California wines in a 2018 retake of the 1976 Judgement of Paris that culminated in a tasting of wines by a panel of luminaries of the wine world: Fred Dame, Jancis Robinson, and the late, great Steven Spurrier, who organized the Judgment of Paris back in 1976.

It is a captivating wine and has the structure to age, though we are loving it in its current state. It’s a delicious pairing with the herb-crusted salmon, roasted asparagus, and crème fraiche / chive mashed potatoes.

Cheers!

— 6 months ago

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Matt Sterr

9.0

Dense and chewy. Good heft, especially w/no oak save old founder. Whole cluster fermentation. Dark blue and black fruit, garrigue. — 4 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

8.9

Medium ruby color. Aromas of black cherry, earthy, mushrooms and spices. Great vintage still kicking full of flavor. — 5 months ago

DAL 9000

9.1

Whole clusters used instead of de stemming. Lemony tartness upfront then a mineral finish.- almost a hint of tannins. But not tannins. A different taste for a Riesling — 9 months ago

Daryl Johnson

9.0

Still great, everything you want in a Pinot Noir rose. — 3 years ago

Michael Greene

9.4

Red berries, whole cluster spice, orange peel. Great combottes from Dujac. — 3 years ago