Winemaker Notes
Bright red-ruby color. Complex aromas of black raspberry and ripe strawberry make up the fruit core followed by mocha, game bird, earth, gun powder, and rose petal. Weightless yet with amazing suave, silky texture showing outstanding focus and spine.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This county-wide blend is light in the glass, offering crisp aromas of Alpine strawberry, red currant, mint and wet stone. The palate is zippy and taut in structure, delivering flavors of underripe raspberry, cranberry and damp wool.
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.