Santa Barbara County, Central Coast
Au Bon Climat
La Bauge Au-Dessus Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir 2019
Quite light ruby , with a wide ruby garnet rim. Quite sweet red fruit at first with some raspberry , strawberry and red cherry notes , dried flowers as well , rose , violet and an earthy note . Quite elegant and precise . On the palate this is again elegant and restrained , very pretty red fruits , juicy but still fresh acidity . Light tannins balanced alcohol . Cherry , raspberry and wild strawberry . Herbal tinged , slightly earthy finish . Drinking very well now and will continue to do so over the next 3-5 years or so — a month ago
Meiomi
Monterey County Pinot Noir 2022
Banger. No notes. — 22 days ago
Tensley
Colson Canyon Vineyard Syrah 2017
[Tasted on November 26, 2024 at Home with Michael and Rachel]
Blackberry, blueberry, smoked meat and garrigue. Wine is #14 on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 of 2019. — 21 days ago
Au Bon Climat
Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir 2014
2014 drunk in 2024. I kept a bottle of this $14(!!) wine—2015 price—for 8 years on a hunch that it would hold up, and it did. I don’t know what it costs now, but back then it was head and shoulders the best American supermarket wine. — a month ago
Belle Glos
Clark & Telephone Vineyard Pinot Noir
Easy drinking, smooth — 22 days ago
Maggie Harrison
wow!! aromatic, bright, snappy, strawberry candy. dried strawberry on finish. a lot going on. I’m just going to go enjoy this. — 21 days ago