Red
Botella Pinot Noir
California · Central Coast · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California · Central Coast
- Appellation
- Central Coast, California
- Body
- medium
- Acidity
- high
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
Light meats · Poultry · Pasta with red sauce · Risottos · Mushrooms
Rated vintages
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200687 pts
You'll want to give this wine a little time in the cellar, because it's all teenaged gawkiness now. There's lots of sweet, cherry pie flavor, sweet new oak, crisp acidity and rich, ripe tannins, but it hasn't all come together. Best after 2009, but not a longterm ager.
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200590 pts
The lightest of Sea Smoke's trio of Pinots, the '05 Botella starts with ravishing aromas of red fruit confections like cherry pies and raspberry tarts, with notes of gingerbread and cinnamon sugar. Tastes as good as it smells, just a deliciously gentle, pure Pinot Noir. Good now…