Winemaker Notes
The Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir provides a beautiful look into just how well this grape thrives in the region’s soils. Lifted notes of bing cherries, rose hips, dried orange rind, and sandalwood dominate the wine’s earth-driven palate. Pair with game, veggie burgers, or roasted chicken.
Professional Ratings
-
James Suckling
Earth-anchored aromas and flavors of huckleberries and mixed, crushed cherries are woven with sarsaparilla, tilled earth, bouquet garni and a saline seam through the red-tea finish. There is notable textural detail to this pinot and a length to the elegant tannins that promises fruitful evolution for years to come. Drink or hold.
-
Vinous
The 2024 Pinot Noir (Santa Barbara County) is delicious. Bright cherry fruit and elegant textures marry together in perfect harmony. Fresh, fruity and light on its feet, the 2024 possesses a lovely underpinning of richness, savory notes and warm spice inflections.
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.
GPSGCRU4652_24_2024 Item# 4124846