2006 Gainey Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir
The Gaineys were among the first to recognize the potential for growing cool climate varietals like pinot noir in Santa Barbara's Sta. Rita Hills. The majority of the fruit for the 2006 vintage of this wine comes from the winery's Evan's Ranch, which was planted in the early 1990s. This ...
Clay Hill Pinot Noir
This light bodied wine shows nice aromas of fresh cherry with toasty notes of oak. It's soft and well integrated tannins invite it to be a wine for any occasion.
Sanford 2006 Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills
WN 92Pts - Tasting Notes - The 2006 Sanford Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir is a blend of from our estate vineyard, La Rinconada, and the historic Sanford and Benedict Vineyard next door. A mix of vineyard blocks and several different clones gives this wine added complexity. The wine is ...
Gypsy Canyon Pinot Noir 2006 Santa Rita Hills 750ml
The delicate aromatics are of earth and forest floor, not just the primary fruit flavors, although they are certainly there. Both black and red fruits, along with hints of sour cherry come across on the palate but its not sweet with fruit intensity nor super ripe.
Grgich Hills 2004 Merlot Wine
Estate grown means the grapes cameentirely from Grgich Hills' own vineyards, so they have totalcontrol of the quality from the vine to the bottle. This is a full-bodied Merlot with rich aromas andflavors of ripe cherry and black berries with hintsof cedar and spice. A Cabernet lover's Merlot,the wine's solid ...
Novelty Hill 2004 Syrah Wine
Like Novelty Hill's debut vintage of Syrah in 2002, this wine is dense and fruit-forward. Ripe black fruit and warm, spicy aromas give way to a mouthful of dark cherries and plums. Balanced and well-structured, with a rich finish. The Wine Advocate rating: 90.
Jim Barry 2005 Shiraz Clare Valley The Lodge Hill
WS 90pts. - Tasting Notes - This wine is inky, deep red in color, with aromas of black cherry, dark plums, vanilla and dark chocolate. The palate shows medium to full bodied ripe black cherry and plum fruit...
WITHER HILLS PINOT NOIR 2005 2005 750ML
Two new blocks came into production this year on completely different soil types. The Taylor River block is on stones, silt and a mixture of clay. This has produced lovely small berries, intensely colored wine with beautiful broad deep plum flavours. While the Benmorven block is 100% clay. This block ...
Seven Hills 2003 Seven Hills Vineyard Merlot
Seven Hills was one of the pioneers in Washington Merlot and is still one of the best producers of this classic varietal. Writing in the Wine Advocate # 172 (Aug 2007), Jay Miller gave this wine 92 points and noted, The 2003 Merlot Seven Hills Vineyard is composed of 83% ...
2002 Blankiet Merlot Paradise Hills Vineyard 750ml
The deep, rich 2002 Merlot is not up to the level of the 2003, although it does possess fabulously complex notes of scorched earth, chocolate, espresso roast, and meaty black cherries, currants, and p... Robert Parker. A Merlot wine from California in USA. 2002 Blankiet Merlot Paradise Hills Vineyard 750ml ...
