Testarossa Rosella's Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)

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Tipo

Red

Uva

Pinot Noir

País

United States

Região

Santa Lucia Highlands · Central Coast

Denominação

Santa Lucia Highlands

Corpo

medium

Acidez

medium

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201591 pts

  Hearty and thick aromas of raspberry, mulberry and sugar plums meet with a touch of bay leaf on the nose of this bottling from a famous vineyard. Woody and dark red fruits show on the sip, with juniper and sour cherry flavors most prominent.

• 201490 pts

  Pomegranate and cranberry aromas gain complexity from wet slate and wild-thyme touches. The palate blends tangy fruit with earthy herbs, showing sage, dill, Earl Gray tea and fennel against a dried berry backdrop.

• 201392 pts

  A rich style from winemaker Bill Brousseau, this shows smoked pork, plum, boysenberry and dashes of dried ginger on the nose. Rounded black-plum flavors arise on the palate then tighten toward elderberry, brisk cranberry, bay leaf and green peppercorn, altogether savory and tart.

• 201092 pts

  This Pinot's immediate lusciousness belies its complexity. Your first impression is of ripe raspberries and cherries that taste like they were baked into a pie. Then layers of minerals, mushrooms, cola and earthier fruits like persimmons and rhubarbs appear, all made brisk by am…

• 200886 pts

  Not the most successful Rosella's Pinot ever. The flavors are rich enough, suggesting raspberries, cherries and cola, and the wine is dry and silky. But there's an acidic sharpness, reminiscent of mint jelly, that deranges the palate.

• 200188 pts

  This is a wine that packs a lot of substance, although it has deliciously upfront flavors of cherries and berries. There's a meatiness to the palate that adds depth and interest, while crisp acidity defines the flavors on the palate. Textbook Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir, fr…