Red

Bluffs Pinot Noir

Russian River Valley · Sonoma · United States

Fact sheet

roast duck · lamb · mushrooms · risotto · aged cheeses

201587 pts

Bright, simple and moderate in acidity and body, with a wealth of ripeness, this wine offers a strong sensibility of smoked cherry and cola flavor, finished in oaky vanilla.
201388 pts

Made from two vineyards, Windsor Oaks and Rockin'B, this wine offers delightfully floral aromas of rose petal and grenadine syrup before expressing a fuller-bodied structure of tannin and oak. Still, it finishes lean in black cherry and plum.
201288 pts

Made in a more full-bodied style than many other Russian River Pinots, this one's a little heavy and soft. But it is delicious, offering tiers of raspberries, cherries, cola, licorice, brown sugar and toasty oak. Drink now.
200987 pts

Dry, tart and dependable, if not especially complex, a nice Pinot for drinking now. Dusty tannins frame fine flavors of sour cherry candy, raspberry jam, cola and sweet oak.
200883 pts

Some off-notes mar this Pinot Noir. It smells a little vegetal, and then turns soft and fruity in the mouth, with flavors of cherries and cocoa.
200791 pts

This cleverly named wine, which is a blend of several vineyards, is an astounding value. It comes very close to the quality of Pali's single-vineyard, far more expensive Pinots, with complex cherry, cola and smoky cedar flavors. Absolutely one of the best under-$20 Pinots in Cal…