Sea Smoke has long produced very good and unique Pinot Noir coming from a scant few miles from the Pacific Ocean in the Santa Rita Hills in Santa Barbara County. The ubiquitous fog that covers the mountains helps to grow Pinot in its naturally desired cool environment. What results out of this for Santa Barbara Pinot Noir is that Sea Smoke is more on the darker fruit side and carries an earthy quality that an abundance of Santa Barbara Pinot Noir does not.
This offers black cherry, black raspberry, macerated blackberry, light pomegranate and plum and muted vanilla, with light touches of clove and nutmeg. There are also subtleties of floral notes and minerality Aged for 16 months in French oak, Southing represents classic cool site coastal Pinot Noir. ORIGIN: Santa Rita Hills, Santa Barbara. ALCOHOL: 14.7%
