2015 Sea Smoke Ten Pinot Noir, Sta Rita Hills, USA (750ml)

Product Info

TASTING NOTE:

A much bigger, richer Pinot Noir, the 2012 Pinot Noir Ten is a cellar selection chosen with the focus on structure and richness. Brought up in 65% new French oak, it has sensational purity and depth in its sweet black raspberry, crushed violets, spice and subtle oak aromas and flavors. These all carry over to the palate where the wine is full-bodied, concentrated and textured, with notable tannic grip. It's another wine from this estate that deliver tons of flavor authority while never seeming heavy, cumbersome or over the top. I wish more estates would make wine in this style.

-Robert Parker, 95 pts

WINEMAKER'S NOTE:

A brooding and intense wine. The aromas begin with notes of dried lavender and dark cherry, then a myriad of spices, blueberry and dusty slate. Firm, mature tannins—evidence of Ten's ageability—are followed by a long, velvety finish.

Blend: 100% Pinot Noir (Ten Clones, from which the wine takes its name)