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San Benito County, Central Coast

Margerum

M5 Santa Barbara County Red Rhone Blend 2022

Ken Venezio
9.0

Visited this winery and found this nice value 5 grape blend. Mostly grenache, syrah, mourvedre, and tad of cinsault and counoise. The wine offers a slight acidity with ample red berry and moderate tannins. After a much needed 30 min decant the wine will open up and expose the finish. Very drinkable. Makes for a great food pairing wine. — 7 days ago

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Au Bon Climat

Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir 2014

Andrew
9.2

2014 drunk in 2024. I kept a bottle of this $14(!!) wine—2015 price—for 8 years on a hunch that it would hold up, and it did. I don’t know what it costs now, but back then it was head and shoulders the best American supermarket wine. — 11 days ago

A Tribute to Grace Wines

Santa Barbara Highlands Rosé of Grenache 2023

Matthew Cohen
9.3

Nose: rose. Perfumed. Elegant. Intense in a pretty way.

Palate : mineral. Bright cherry. — 16 days ago

La Marea

Kristy Vineyard Albariño 2015

JKT
9.1

Surprise. Wilson Mabel paella dinner and didn’t realize this was CA Alberino! Nose of white flowers laced with minerals lemons. Firm acidic palate with biting finish. 580 cases total! Brand and Family produced it. — a month ago

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Hirsch Vineyards

San Andreas Fault Pinot Noir 2012

Ely Cohn
9.1

Has some fight, bite, and spice. Dark persona, firmly structured with a core of sandy salinity, a little weight and tannic tension. Wild sour green strawberries, unripe raspberries, cedar lining.

Reserved, but punchy. — 20 days ago

Shay, ESF and 12 others liked this
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Pinotman /// Andreas

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Buy this year in year out. A benchmark Pinot for CA.
Ely Cohn

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@Pinotman /// Andreas agreed. I bought these on site a decade ago. Beautiful place too

A Tribute to Grace Wines

Santa Barbara Highlands Grenache 2021

Matthew Cohen
9.4

Nose: elegantly herbal.

Palate : delicious. Sweet cherry. Some spice. Salivatory.

Long finish.

47% stem. — 16 days ago

Sea Smoke

Ten Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir 2021

Alvaro Bustillos
9.3

Equipo vaquero — 5 days ago

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Tensley

Colson Canyon Vineyard Syrah 2023

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego
9.3

2023 vintage. From Coravin. Syrah for Cabernet drinkers. Massive, smooth body and currently without any of the quirky, bretty Syrah flavors that can pull a full frontal assault on the palate. Delicious. Would love to taste in a decade to see what weightiness has left the building and how it has been replaced by the wine nature abhors a vacuum flavors. 10.23.24. — 24 days ago

Ericsson, Ron and 12 others liked this

Boen Wines

'Tri Appellation' Santa Barbara, Monterey, Sonoma County Pinot Noir 2022

Michelle Connely
9.4

I have previously rated this, but this is a different vintage so I’m rating it again. I consumed this in July 2024. 70% Monterey County, 19% Santa Barbara County, 11% Sonoma County. I think this is in the $25 range. Went really well with steak.  — 18 days ago

Poppy

Monterey County Pinot Noir 2023

Charles Steinbruegge
9.0

Elegant floral bouquet reminiscent of a good Gevrey-Chambertin … maybe even a little too flowery.

On second thought .. nah, just right.
 — a month ago