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Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Gavin Chanin has managed to make an Old World-styled wine with this bottling. More delicate than its boisterous Central Coast neighbors, it has an elegance that will appeal to Burgundy nuts. Pepper, pomegranate, cranberry and olive aromas lead into an extremely light palate of candied raspberry, red plum and uncrushed peppercorn flavors.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Pale ruby-purple colored, the 2015 Pinot Noir Duvarita Vineyard has a stemmy nose to begin, giving way to fragrant notes of crushed cherries and cranberries with forest floor and fried spice hints. The light to medium-bodied palate is very delicate and fine, offering up a quiet intensity of red fruit and herbal flavors with an earthy finish.
Pinot Noir is the second-most planted grape in Santa Barbara County, just behind Chardonnay. It thrives in cooler areas of the region, namely in the of the Sta. Rita Hills, which is part of Santa Barbara’s larger Santa Ynez Valley sub-appellation. Thought for decades to be too cool for viticulture, Sta. Rita Hills began to gain notoriety in the 1970’s, thanks to the pioneering work of Richard Sandford and Michael Benedict, among others.
Santa Barbara Pinot Noir dances across the palate with vivid red fruit and spice. Precision, bright acidity, elegance and fruit-driven silkiness make Santa Barbara Pinot delightfully enjoyable, whether on their own or with a variety of dishes.
RVLCJ15PNDV_2015 Item# 507646