Community Tasting Notes 5

• THECORKDORK Likes this wine: 89 points

  February 24, 2024 - Nice Santa Cruz PN. Brambly red fruit, wild herbs, and purple flowers.

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• td1836 Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 24, 2022 - Light translucent ruby color. Light body, but bursting with flavors of raspberry and tart cherry, mixed with some forest floor notes.

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• t_moderne wrote: 92 points

  September 5, 2022 - Pop and pour. Enjoyed half with food (roast pork ribcap and roasted potatoes and sautéed spinach, in case you were wondering). Saved half in a 375ml bottle and enjoyed the following day.
  Light ruby violet color. Nose offers fresh red berries and hint of spice (cloves/mace). A cool saline /sea-spray note as well.
  Fresh and vibrant showing light red berries and fresh acidity/citrus peel.
  Its lithe personality provides a nice contrast to rich food.
  Shows its Santa Cruz mountain origin.
  Quite an enjoyable pinot.
  
  Diam cork.
  13.2% abv.

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• Discobiscuits42 wrote: 90 points

  June 19, 2022 - Well executed sipper. Quite light in body but a potent flavor. Heavy berry nose. Not breaking any boundaries but just a well made wine. Ready to go. Price is square to value.

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• Seanwsmithm3 wrote:

  November 24, 2021 - Tasted in a Grassl Cru stem, note upon PNP and after 2 days. Wine is medium-light bodied in the glass with a Darker red cherry color but still translucent. The nose starts with delicous notes of ripe cherry, crunchy strawberry, blood orange with layers of Santa Cruz Mountain Brush and redwood. It certainly smells like top-tier Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir, and the palate does not disappoint either. It tastes like it smells, herbs, cherry, blood orange, redwood, and more. It carries a persistent balancing acid throughout with a medium finish dominated by silky tannins. I had to open the 2nd bottle as the first was so good. No noticeable new oak impressions. An elegant wine that's open for business and should be suitable for 10+ years in the cellar. Diam 10 Closure. Best wine I've had from this vineyard.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer Sandar & Hem
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Mindego Ridge
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
• Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains

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• In Cellars 72 (53%)
• Consumed 65 (47%)

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