2018 Racines Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  9/2/2023 - magyarsvensk Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Shaved vanilla bean, berry compote, café latte, thick and luscious, chopped herbs on the finish. Delicious.

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  2/12/2023 - Wine_Poobah wrote: 92 Points

  Most of the aroma is dominated by oaky vanilla notes (earthy?) but there is some sweet red fruit underneath. The flavor is still mostly tart red cherries, blueberries and pomegranate. Simple, but more balanced and well integrated than I remember.
  
  A little thin, alcoholic and disjointed at first, but that improved with air. ~3 hours after decanting this started to taste good, thickened up some, and gained some interesting spice notes.
  
  Improving.

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  2/18/2022 - Wine_Poobah wrote: 90 Points

  Smokey, earthy aroma — that’s really all I get at first, with some dried leaves too. Smokey red berry flavor which is not my favorite. The finish is better, with some ripe strawberry notes. On the simpler side. Good, but not really my favorite style and expensive. C didn’t really care for it either, mentioned vinegar notes.

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  11/21/2021 - Bernt Olav wrote: 93 Points

  Samme som forrige flaske Sjelden man går feil med US pinot i dette prisleiet, ikke denne gangen heller. God vin som drikker fint nå, men vil sikkert utvikle se positivt i 3-5 år.

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  9/25/2021 - Bernt Olav wrote: 93 Points

  Klassisk pinot farge, lys transparent rød. Åpen aroma med preg av bringebær, jordbær, lakris og tobakk. I munn er den saftig, frisk og medium- fyldig. God lengde. Støvete taniner og nok syre til å gi balanse. Drukket fra Zalto burgundy.

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