Red

Estate Block 3 Pinot Noir

Santa Lucia Highlands · Central Coast · United States

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fatty steak · red meats

201493 pts

Very few wines present such intense florality as does this bottling that smells like a potpourri sachet, full of dried violets, dried lavender and eucalyptus, with touches of dust, chipped slate and black plum. Those flowers carry to the palate as well, where lavender, blossomin…
201391 pts

Woody fruit notes of elderberry and bramble meet with graphite and sagebrush on the nose of this block-designated bottling from the longtime growing family. Plums and cranberries get a serious juniper and pine-sap twist on the palate, laid across lots of loamy earth. The grippy…
201087 pts

Pours atypically dark for a Pinot Noir, and the color is reflected in the mouth, where the wine turns as heavy and full-bodied as Grenache. It's a good wine, hearty and flavorful in berries and cola, but lacks Pinot Noir's signature delicacy.
200988 pts

Acidity marks this dry wine, a low-cropped block selection from the estate vineyard. The fruit is remarkably concentrated, showing flashy, intense cherries and plenty of smoky oak. But that acidity definitely kicks. Hard to tell if the wine is ageable, but it does need a rich, f…