Saintsbury Pratt Vineyard Pinot Noir 2017
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Sour cherry, boysenberry, kola nut and fresh herbs on the nose. Rhubarb and ripe cherry on the palate are met with bright acid and extend into a lengthy finish.
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High-toned citrus and rhubarb greet the palate in this impressively well-made wine, that is expansive on the palate in medium-bodied weight and breadth of flavor. Structured and complex, it has teases of baking spice and earth throughout as a succulent finish builds.
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Among the more substantial Saintsbury Pinots in 2017, yet still showing the polish and careful winemaking hand that characterize the best of the bunch, this balanced, solidly built, comparatively full-bodied working keys on deep, well-ripened, black cherries right from the start and is marked by fine fruity insistence from beginning to end. It is so nicely composed that it is not at all hard to appreciate now, but it has the structure and stamina to unquestionably improve with time, and, if warranting at least a couple of years of cellaring, it has the look of a wine that will be even in better in five.
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A firm, taut and savory style, with hints of dried beef to the focused flavors of dried cherry, berry and slate. Lithe midpalate, featuring a finish filled with hints of white pepper and dried thyme.
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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.