Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Cherry pie and nuanced spice flavors buoy this delicately layered, medium-bodied vineyard designate that's built of robust fruit and supported quietly by oak. A thread of white pepper persists throughout, making it especially irresistible.
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James Suckling
Aromas of cherry, plum and strawberry with hints of spice and tea. Full body, round and soft tannins and a flavorful finish. Delicious now but will improve with age.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Medium ruby-purple colored, the 2014 Pinot Noir Sunny View is scented of black raspberries, mulberries and red plums with hints of spice box, licorice and dusty earth. Medium-bodied, it delivers a great concentration of berry preserves flavors with chewy tannins and refreshing acidity to support, finishing long and spicy. Rating: 90(+) Points.
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.