Red

Creekside Estate Pinot Noir

San Luis Obispo County · Central Coast · United States

Fact sheet

roast duck · smoked meats · aged cheeses · mushrooms · lamb · herb dishes

201491 pts

There's a beechwood smoke touch to the nose of this bottling, accenting a core of dried purple flowers and black raspberry. It's well integrated on the palate, where smoke and dark, tangy fruit mix with white pepper and an acidity that carries its flavors into the finish.
201392 pts

Slightly reductive on the nose, this bottling from a very coastal vineyard outside of Cambria shows mossy forest floor, jerked meat, dried cranberries, turned earth, sesame oil and salt on the nose. The palate combines concentrated, lush raspberry with bay leaf, lots of turned e…