Red

Big Basin Woodruff Family Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Cruz Mountains)

Santa Cruz Mountains · Central Coast · United States

Fact sheet

peixe · steak · cordeiro · pato

201493 pts

Made from unknown heritage clones, this bottling lays down a cran-raspberry base and then lavishes on the herbal components of thyme, bay leaf, sagebrush and pine resin. That underbrush character is strong on the sip too, from oregano to incense, ensuring that this wine will bri…
201394 pts

Relatively light in color, this lower-alcohol wine from a vineyard in the Corralitos area shows dried rose petals, bergamot, lavender, cinnamon and a tiny bit of mushroomy funk on the nose. Once sipped, pomegranate, dark cranberry and orange-peel elements are lifted by pencil le…
201293 pts

From 35-year-old dry farmed wines (the oldest in Corralitos) and 30% whole cluster/wild yeast fermentation comes aromas of pine pitch and blackberry jelly. The flavors are driven by sagebrush against a backdrop of deep purple fruit, with distinctive notes of juniper and eucalypt…