Tasted 26 September 2017
Central Coast · Sta. Rita Hills
Similar to my previous note. Somewhat overbearing and at the same time a bit lackluster. An ok Pinot, but a little heavy-handed on the attack but yet thinning out on the back end. Not much complexity. 90-91 points. My…
Two words: Barely tolerable. Watery black and red cherry with that scraggy cedary oak-laced periphery that does everything it can to advertise the lack of forethought put into crafting this wine.…
At first this seemed like it was going to deliver in spades with plush black cherry and spice box notes, but it instantly turned into an ultra-round and ripe plum fruit bomb. Muddled and flabby, with…
Higher toned and more red fruited than the 2014 Walt Gap's Crown tasted beside it. However, the Sierra Mar offered a welcomed acidic cut and frame to better house its cranberry, red raspberry,…
