Red
Big Basin Coastview Vineyard Pinot Noir (Monterey County)
Monterey County · Central Coast · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Monterey County · Central Coast
- Appellation
- Monterey County
- Body
- light
- Acidity
- high
- Tannin
- low
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
pato assado · salmão grelhado · cogumelos selvagens · cordeiro
Rated vintages
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201493 pts
From a 16-year-old vineyard 2,200 feet up on the eastside of the Salinas Valley, this bottling offers fresh raspberry juice along with touches of bay leaf, pine and incense, like a morning walk through the forest. There is sizzling acidity at the start of the sip, which carries…
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201392 pts
Made with only 30% whole-cluster, this bottling by Bradley Brown allows lusher red-cherry fruit to show on the nose, alongside slate, mint and sandalwood notes. Those same red-cherry elements meet with cranberry on the palate, growing more complex as layers of graphite, bay leaf…
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201291 pts
Coming from a vineyard on the eastern slope of the Salinas Valley near the Chalone appellation, this Santa Cruz-made, 20% whole-cluster wine smells of blackberry, unearthed tree roots and licorice. Core flavors of brown spice are surrounded by ripe raspberry and racy, potent aci…