Red

Boekenoogen 3 Clone Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)

Santa Lucia Highlands · Central Coast · United States

Fact sheet

pato assado · cordeiro grelhado · salmon · queijos curados · cogumelos selvagens · massas com especiarias

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201592 pts

This bottling smells much like a bundle of freshly cleared sagebrush, with hints of fennel, charred tomato, wood, cola and wild black cherry. Its extremely soft mouthfeel massages the tongue with lush tannins, and its black cherry richness is cut by tart pomegranate-like acidity…
201493 pts

This family-owned estate winery tosses three top clones into the mix to produce a plush wine full of red cherry, red currant, sweet sage and black tea on the nose. The red cherries lead into black cherries on the palate, where a woody herbal component of sage, thyme and pine nee…
201389 pts

This clonal combo from a meticulously tended family vineyard shows iron, cranberry, strawberry blossoms, sagebrush and a wound-up minerality on the nose. Sanguine flavors power the tip of the palate alongside cranberry and pomegranate fruit. A suave spiciness of dried mint and m…
201293 pts

Dried strawberries, saddle leather, crushed violets and a hint of maple make for a fairly straightforward yet appealing nose on this wine. Pomegranate, raspberries and purple florals show on the palate, but the tannic structure still is a bit wound up, and will unfold into more…
2011