Winemaker Notes
The 2018 Suacci is a rich and juicy Pinot Noir. The wine shows aromatics of fresh-picked blackberries, cranberry and Christmas spices.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Cranberry, wild-raspberry, violet, clove and lemon-zest aromas. It’s medium-bodied with sleek tannins and bright acidity. Zesty, tight and refined. Drink or hold.
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Wine Spectator
This is a sublime, cool-climate red that is compelling in strawberry and dried herb. With a grip of oak and elegant power, it retains both enough acidity and elegance to cut through a full-bodied frame.
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.