Winemaker Notes
The 2019 Land’s Edge Pinot Noir leads with aromas of red and black cherry, pomegranate, and dried rose petal. The layered flavors of dark berries, plum and licorice lead to a mid-palate with elegant and polished texture. The wine ends with a lingering mocha and mineral finish.
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2019 Pinot Noir Land's Edge Vineyards is a blend of the Far Coast and the Seascape vineyards, which are both within four miles of the Pacific Ocean The wine is resinous with cherry lozenge, dried shitake, and dusty earth. The full-bodied palate is savory with gastronomic appeal, revealing fruit and structure.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2019 Pinot Noir Land’s Edge Vineyards comes from vines on the Sonoma Coast, about four miles from the Pacific Ocean. Matured 10 months in 36% new French oak, it has a medium ruby-purple color and delicate, slowly opening scents of red berries, tea leaves, conifer, bitters and graphite. The medium-bodied palate is powerful, with deep, broody flavors supported by firm tannins, and it finishes with notable length and latency.
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Wine Spectator
Very inviting, with an expressive set of blackberry, black cherry and boysenberry compote aromas and flavors kept energetic by juicy acidity, while bramble and anise fuel the finish. A fruit bomb lover's wine. Drink now
The Sonoma Coast AVA is large in area but, not counting overlapping regions like Russian River Valley, only has a few thousand acres of grapevines—and it’s no wonder. Much of the region is rugged and not easily accessible. Its proximity to the Pacific Ocean’s fog and cool breezes limits the varieties that can be cultivated, but it proves to be an ideal environment for high quality Pinot Noir.
Since fog is a frequent fact of life here, as are heavy marine layers that sometimes bring rain, the best vineyards are wisely planted above the fog line, on picturesque ridges that capture enough sun to provide even ripening. That, with the overnight drop in temperature that reliably preserves acidity, results in fine expressions of Pinot Noir that often receive tremendous critic and consumer praise alike, and are often in high demand.