Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir

Peppery light bright cherry Pinot. Tasted with Wes Hagen, winemaker. Neutral oak adds to the liveliness in the softer cherry flavors.

Cherry, raspberry, cranberry, loamy earth, currant and oak. Good structure and soft tannins.

Almost delicate ruby color with nice, long legs and a wide brim. Plenty of fruit on the nose with cherries and cranberry. There’s also a touch of oak and cinnamon. Plenty of heat from the alcohol but the high acidity more than adequately compensated and balances everything out. The palate continues with fruit but adds some rusticness with oak, tons of spice, and chalky minerality. This is a highly interesting and appealing Pinot. One that really surprised me in the end. Let this one breathe and you shall be rewarded.

Elevated acidity is masking elevated alcohol creating balance that actually works. My wife was detecting cinnamon stick

Last bottle.....need more

This was pretty enjoyable. Cherries berries medium bodied. Have had much worse.

Funky on the nose and fruit forward. Nothing really of note. Good or bad.

Drank on its own no food. Sweet start sort of a molasses scent

ReggieLove had the 2014 vintage, opened and rested for a couple of hours then decanted to open up beautifully and full of berry flavors

Aroma of tart cherries, with slight minerality. Tart fruit start, then lingering finish. Pairs very well with Castelvatreno olives. Was actually the Cabernet Sauvignon, but not available on app.