Estate Scallop Shelf Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

V19 long lunch

SommCon San Diego 2018: Estate Matter- Thursday, November 15

Improves with air. Nose - sweet baking spices, orange zest, rich florals; palette - bright and lean, pine forest floor, spent red fruits. Nice structure and long finish. Very pretty and leads to a fun geological convo with young kids.

Light and tasty perfect with scallops and saffron rissoto

This was fairly simple but enjoyable when first opened. After about an hour, it developed and deepened into something much more enjoyable. Sweet red fruits and a pure, clean finish.

Held its own against some GC burg

Beautiful approach with nice, fresh, restrained fruits and tannins. It is well made and Burgundian.

Will take exception to Antonio’s suggestion that this is the shy middle child - this opened up beautifully on day two into the same cherry, pomegranate, rose petal, and mint nose that Antonio got from Ama, with zest and mouthwatering acidity but no sharpness. Tannins are soft and the palate adds a touch of barley sugar. This will definitely come out of its shell, if given time.

Mark had this 6 months ago

Mark had this 7 years ago