Red
MacPhail Rita's Crown Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
Sta. Rita Hills · Central Coast · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Sta. Rita Hills · Central Coast
- Appellation
- Sta. Rita Hills
- Body
- medium
- Acidity
- high
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
pato · cordeiro · cogumelos · queijos macios · massas com molho de tomate
Rated vintages
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201294 pts
This small, Sonoma County-focused producer headed south to make a rich, attention-grabbing wine, with aromas of dark raspberries, blackberries, pulverized cloves, black sage and tobacco leaf. The palate shows smoked beef with cherry syrup, lifted by juniper and pine sap on the m…
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201192 pts
The fruit on this Pinot Noir is flashier than anything that MacPhail has produced in their Sonoma County Pinots. That likely is due to the long hangtime of the Santa Rita Hills. The grapes got enormously ripe and rich in raspberries and cherries, and the wine would be a simple f…