Cuvée Viticole Sta Rita Hills La Lie Fine Pinot Noir

Domestic Pinot at its lightest and most elegant state

I’m curious to see how long the people behind this wine club can continue to convince people this is how wine is “supposed to be.” Not good.

Hazy Pale ruby; medium intensity aromas of cranberry, underripe strawberries, underripe red raspberry, mustiness, intense yeastiness; dry, medium plus acid, low tannins, medium alcohol, light bodied; medium finish, flavors light, definitely a natural wine, good

Crunchy, vibrant Pinot. 12.55% ABV (woot!) Unfined, unfiltered. This is Brian’s style of wine, a style I’m happy to drink. But, my resident non-credentialed wine drinker said: “It looks like a Pinot, but it doesn’t taste like a Pinot....”
There’s some candied cherry fruit for sure, but grippy minerals and green veggies make this a different animal. Could easily be confused with cru Beaujolais.

Ripe red fruit on a lithe, low-alcohol frame 🍓⚡️😍

I struggled to find much character in this one...the crunchy, candied approach with light extraction just felt more glou glou than Pinot.

My favorite of the #viticole offerings so far. Still an easy drinking style but complex with earthy and vegetal flavors complimenting the slightly underripe fruit. Makes me want to try all of whitcraft’s lineup.

Best CA Pinot I have had in a long time

Ryan had this 5 years ago

Brent had this 5 years ago