Grown at 2,200 feet on limestone soils, and using the Calera clone, there is an immediate understanding of the depth of the fruit with this wine. Deep rich black cherry, blackberry, red raspberry and strawberry along with blueberry, boysenberry all vie for attention. But these are not bright fruit flavors, these are deeper and richer with a level of maturity to them. There are back notes of rosewater, red plum, toasted vanilla bean and a light cracked black pepper spice. The integration of the oak and tannins help create such a comprehensiveness to the balance of all these parts that once the wine hits the first sip there was a uniformity of enjoyment with drinking this. Pinot has been produced here since the mid-1970s and this particular vineyard is turning out mature fruit that really expresses its site.
ORIGIN: San Benito County
ALCOHOL: 14.3%
PRICE: $75/750 ml
SCORE: 92 POINTS
