Winemaker Notes
This 2015 Mariah screams for food and will have you coming back to your glass over and over as it evolves and reveals its many layers.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Aromas of earth, new oak and new leather give this fascinating wine a great start, while rich, warm flavors of ripe black cherry, baking spice, cedar and rhubarb follow on the palate. It’s oaky and spicy in a good way, and is fully balanced by nervy fruit and light tannins for a fresh texture and lingering finish. Editors’ Choice.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Essentially a northern extension of the Sonoma Coast AVA but part of Mendocino County, Mendocino Ridge is one of the rare appellations defined by elevation only. The Mendocino Ridge AVA is reserved only for vineyards at or above 1,200 feet between the Anderson Valley and Pacific Ocean.