Vega De Lucia

Morgan

Twelve Clones Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2018

Light purple in color with light intensity and a wide reddish rim.

Fruity nose of black currants, plums, cooked cherries, light flowers, spices, light oak, licorice, tobacco and black pepper.

Medium bodied with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with sweet raspberries, cherries, red currants, earth, light wood, coffee, black pepper, spices, dark chocolates, tobacco leaf and herbs.

Tangy finish with soft tannins and tangy raspberries.

This 8 year old Pinot Noir from Santa Lucia Highlands is drinking very nicely now, and will continue to do so in the next 5 years.

Elegant and nicely balanced, complex and entertaining. Soft, smooth and easy drinking.

Wine Enthusiasts 92 points.

Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food. A good porch wine too.

14.3% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$35 (at release).
— 4 days ago

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Bodegas Benjamin de Rothschild-Vega Sicilia

Macán Rioja Tempranillo 2014

Deep cherry red. Good concentration. Black fruits. Deep oak vanilla.
Fruitiness M Sweetness M Acidity M Tannin M Smooth Soft Silky Velvety. Bitterness M Body M Finish M % 14 @3500, chateau, 260709
— 15 days ago

Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia

Valbuena 5° Ribera del Duero Tempranillo Blend 2020

actually like this better than Unico.,.more fruit, less oak — 2 months ago

Ira, Sagee and 9 others liked this

Belle Glos

Las Alturas Vineyard Pinot Noir 2019

Big ol’ Pinot… if by name only

Heavy body….. deep ruby color.
Musty, earthy nose
Powerful Friit - maybe black cherry
A touch earth / bitter lingers. A touch of oak.
Zin / Cab vibes
Nice glass of wine…
(Remedy 21)
With Sue and Riley
— 3 months ago

Dave and Ted liked this

Patz & Hall

Pisoni Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013

Still a great vintage and could have many more years to go. — 7 months ago

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Kosta Browne

Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2019

Delicious but not quite as good as it used to be. Lots of cherry. — 4 years ago

Pisoni Vineyards

Estate Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2011

This one always outperforms expectations. Was told it’s “fire” by GenZ — 16 days ago

Paul, Dave and 4 others liked this

Roar

Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2023

2023 vintage. 7.8.26. — 15 days ago

Ted, Paul and 8 others liked this

Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia

Pintia Toro Tempranillo 2020

Deep red nose tannins bite at the back of the mouth — a month ago

Paul liked this

Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia

Reserva Especial Unico Ribera del Duero Tempranillo Blend

So good. If you need any hit me up! — 2 months ago

Tom, Tom and 6 others liked this
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So good. If you need any hit me up!
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So good! If you need any, I have them available

Roar

Garys' Vineyard Pinot Noir 2015

. This Garys did not disappoint; loaded with fruit, flowers and spice notes all around. Taste had the same and a bit of cola and some minerality. Very smooth finish just a very enjoyable wine.

Last bottle of Garys, in fact no more Rosella and Pisoni either. Always thought the Garys’ were the best. Rosella were okay and forget about the Pisoni. Pisoni were either so over the top it was undrinkable and then another bottle was stunning - stopped buying them early on. Still have a bunch of Roar’s Sierra Mar and SLH. But over all, prices too high and I’m too old to hold wines for 5 to 10 years before drinking them.
— 4 months ago

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Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia

Unico Gran Reserva Especial Ribera del Duero Tempranillo Blend

Weekend with Friends and average wines…😎 blend 1970, 1976, 1982 — 6 months ago

Thijs, Roman and 10 others liked this

Caraccioli Cellars

Santa Lucia Highlands Brut Rosé Blend 2017

Grower bubbles from the Santa Lucia Highlands. Still can’t compete with top tier grower champagne (we don’t get that phenolic maturity at low brix etc) BUT excellent none the less. The rosé from Caraccioli especially stands out. The 1-2% SLH Pinot brings an element of coastal Cali terroir to this wine (the tiniest hint of that strawberry, herbal quality) which blends so perfectly with the lemon juice and marzipan/vanilla/lanolin leesy quality. Fine persistent mousse. One of the best examples of domestic sparkling I’ve had. — 3 years ago

Ira, Scott@Mister and 8 others liked this
Vin d’Ottawa

Vin d’Ottawa

My favourite USA sparkling winery

Morgan

Highland Santa Lucia Highlands Chardonnay 2018

Paul J
9.7

I can’t believe I stopped buying this. Most underrated and best value CA Chard out there. You need to try this! Rich, complex, and just fits my palate. — 24 days ago

Tom, Scott@Mister and 1 other liked this

Sandlands

Santa Lucia Highlands Syrah 2019

Poured into a decanter about two hours prior to service and enjoyed over the course of several days. Yes…you read that right. This benefitted greatly from air. The 2019 Syrah SLH pours a purple color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and some fine sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of blackberries, fig, plum, purple flowers, black pepper, animale, black olive brine, dried green herbs, earth and gentle warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose, the finish is medium+ and loaded with minerals. Initially, this was quite pretty on the nose but backward on the palate. After all of the air, it swung into balance and it was beautiful. Drink now with a lot of air and some patience, through 2039+. — a month ago

Somm, Scott@Mister and 5 others liked this

Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia

Unico Ribera del Duero Tempranillo Blend 2015

Amazing bottle. 10 years of bottle aging. — 2 months ago

Tom, Tom and 6 others liked this
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Bodegas Benjamin de Rothschild-Vega Sicilia

Macán Clásico Rioja Tempranillo 2020

vintage 2020 | Fellow tasters ‘complained’ about the smoothness of the wine. Vibrant, refined. Lovebaby of two famous houses. — 3 months ago

Dave, Doug and 7 others liked this

Kosta Browne

Rosella's Vineyard Pinot Noir 2014

W. Still quite good. Subdued fruit with moderate floral tones. Very well balanced with nice complexity once it opened — 5 months ago

Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia

Pintia Muestra Toro Tempranillo 2017

C'est du haut niveau sur du fruit mur. La mûre, les notes viandées, le sous bois, une bouche tapissante, une longueur folle.
Un tout petit excès d'alcool à peine domageable.
— 9 months ago