California Pinot Noir

Hints of blueberries and raspberries backed by notes of flowers and spice. This easy-drinking Pinot Noir is no wallflower. Perfectly balanced and fresh, pair this wine with grilled salmon and red peppers or sauted chicken with rosemary and thyme." ~ Winery Notes.

Washington Post 2018 Review #8 I felt like the world had shifted on its axis when I found a second California pinot noir under $20 that delivered such quality. Bright and on the fruity side of pinot noir, with a hint of Bing cherry and blackberry, it offers complexity and depth. The distributor tells me “Mission Grove” has been removed from the label. To be honest, wine this good does not...

Wine Enthusiast - Dark-berry and nutmeg aromas meet with pinches of potting soil on the nose of this bottling. Chaparral-scrub flavors arise on the sip, where tart cherry and pomegranate elements form the core.

Winemaker's Notes Monterey County has been respected as one of California's finest Pinot Noir growing areas for 25 years. This release shows the ripe cherry and plum flavors and aromas associated with the varietal and modest oak to enhance flavors.

Tasting notes Ruby red with hints of plum. Aromas of raspberry tart, blueberry, dried herbs. On the palate, bold layers of blackberry, strawberry, and boysenberry, give way to flavors of cocoa and spice. A full bodied wine, balanced by refreshing acidity on the long finish.

If you are on a mission for bold, fruit-forward and impeccably smooth California Pinot Noir than you've found it! Fresh and full-bodied, this wine presents the best of both worlds. Mix in generous flavors of black cherries, plums and sweet spice and now you've got it made. The wine region of Monterey lies just inland from California's magnificent central coastline. The waters of the Pacific crash...

This Pinot Noir is made from hand-harvested grapes grown on high ridges within view of the Pacific. The vineyards sit above the cool fog allowing grapes to ripen in the warm sun, producing uniquely fresh tasting Pinot.Notes of cherries and cranberries fill the glass with subtle hints of rose petals. Soft and seductive on the palate, the wine leaves you with notes of strawberries, blueberries,...

90 pts. Decanter Piquant and delicately oaky red fruit nose, boosted by notes of leather, black cherry, coffee and cedar. The sleek attack is followed by raspberry freshness, ripe dark fruit and a hint of tea leaf. This shows fine complexity and will certainly develop well with time in bottle.

Producer notes - Our 2019 Russian River Valley Reserve Pinot Noir has an opulent, garnet color. The wine opens with aromas of wild strawberry, plum, rose petal, toffee, and aromatic tea leaf. The palate brings notes of dark plum and cherry, dried herb, forest floor, and a hint of oak spice. This Pinot Noir offers vivid acidity and beautiful minerality on the finish. Pair with roast pork with...

Vinous 93 pts. Brilliant ruby-red. Highly perfumed red fruit preserve, oral and exotic spice qualities on the expressive nose, along with hints of vanilla and smoky minerals. Juicy, sharply focused and lithe on the palate, oering appealingly sweet raspberry, rose pastille and spicecake avors that deepen steadily through the back half. Finishes very long and precise, with resonating orality and...

"Offers mouthfilling richness, with burnished flavors of dried cherry, berry and hot stone, backed by fresh acidity and tannins. Smoky accents show on the mineral- and spice-filled finish. Drink now through 2025.—K.M.” - Wine Spectator Insider (March 18th 2020), 93 pts The 2017 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) is a pretty, open-knit wine to drink now and over the next handful of years. Sweet...

95 James Suckling This has very complex aromas of primary fruit, wild herbs, blue fruit and a spicy, meaty edge. Assertive oak meets rich fruit. The palate is impressively pure, supple and richly flavored with blueberries and cherries. Such concentrated and delicious, darker-fruited pinot here.