Red
Pinot Noir
Marin County · North Coast · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Marin County · North Coast
- Appellation
- Marin County
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- high
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
roast duck · lamb · grilled mushrooms · pork · aged cheeses · pasta with tomato sauce
Rated vintages
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201391 pts
This has a warm and inviting cherry compote aroma. Broad, ripe and complex flavors resemble black cherry, cinnamon and wood smoke, with a full body and a velvety texture.The wine falls on the rich, plush side of the fence, simply gorgeous in flavor profile, full bodied and long…
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201290 pts
The lightly delicate mouthfeel and brisk acidity testify to the wine's origins in cool-climate Marin, just over the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. Intense flavors of strawberries and raspberries are uplifted by the toastiness of new French oak. This is a promising Pinot…
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200989 pts
From four acclaimed Mendocino County vineyards, Winemaker Jon Grant's Straight Line Pinot is heftier than his single-vineyard bottlings from sister label Couloir. A dense style of Pinot, this has smoke and oak to it, plenty of strawberry and plum, its tannins not resolved, yet i…