Byron Nielson Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)

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Tipo

Red

Uva

Pinot Noir

País

United States

Região

Santa Maria Valley · Central Coast

Denominação

Santa Maria Valley

Corpo

medium

Acidez

medium

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201492 pts

  Sultry cooked red plum and mulberry fruit meld with rust, mace, sarsaparilla and a touch of wood smoke on the nose of this bottling from the oldest commercial vineyard in Santa Barbara County. Smoked pork loin aromas meet with deep red fruit and the sweet tang of cherry skins on…

• 201394 pts

  From the oldest commercial vineyard in Santa Barbara County comes this heady bottling, showing aromas of deep black raspberry, vanilla bean, beef carpaccio, black pepper and sesame oil. Black and white pepper and bay leaf spice up the acid- and mineral-laced palate, where dark b…

• 201292 pts

  A muskiness is present on the nose of this wine from Santa Barbara County's first commercial vineyard, along with fruitier aspects of strawberry-boysenberry tart. It's fruit-forward on the palate, yet cinnamon toast and cedar give it a more serious edge as well.

• 201188 pts

  Ripe, sunny cherry pie, red currant and licorice flavors mark this dry, silky Pinot Noir. It shows the full-bodied character of Nielson Vineyard, along with the crushed hard spices that make the wine so savory. Drink now–2015.

• 200692 pts

  A lovely, complex Pinot that shows much of the flair of Byron's more expensive bottlings. The wine is dry and crisp and elegant, with long, deep flavors of currants, cola, sweet leather and dusty Asian spices. Good now, and will develop for at least six years.