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• SMZ wrote: 94 points

  February 28, 2014 - Spectacular. Beautiful nose of vanilla and berries. Everything is in perfect harmony. I've now had the Talley Rincon and Rosemary's vineyards ... Both excellent, really high end, bursting with flavor.

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• Redguy commented:

  3/3/14, 12:30 PM - I couldn't agree more SMZ. I'm lucky enough to live ten minutes from Talley and am blown away how this top shelf pinot and chard producer can remain so under appreciated. Tasted their '12 estate wines last weekend and they were excellent. The buzz i'm hearing is to expect greatness from their '12 svd's. We shall see.

• SMZ commented:

  3/3/14, 1:58 PM - I'll be stocking up on the 2012 Talley single vineyard Pinots. Do you know if Talley does winery tours / tastings? I'm going to Santa Barbara in July for the weekend and am looking for a couple of great wineries to visit. A friend told me the Clos Pepe Winery is also really nice for a visit.

• Redguy commented:

  3/3/14, 2:34 PM - Talley is open for tastings 7 days/week. No appt needed. Tastings and wines by the glass. Nice little picnic area. Usually their svd pinots are released in the fall. Right now they are pouring their estate wines and second label, Bishop's Peak (which I do not recommend as spending up to the first label is a big jump in quality, imho). They have some intereting less expensive wines on tap, like a SauvBriesling (SB/Riesling blend), but again, the real reason to go is the estate and especially the svd's.
  
  If you're looking for strictly pinot in the area I recommend going to Lompoc (thirty miles south of Talley). Brewer Clifton is one to try as is The Lompoc Wine Ghetto. A dozen or so producers in one industrial building. Of course 40 miles north of Talley is Paso. Lots of great options there. My wife is the tasting room manager of Sans Liege, an excellent Rhone Ranger producer in Pismo Beach, which is 10 minutes north of Talley. Lots of great options. Feel free to drop me a note if you have any questions as we're pretty well dialed in to the local winery scene.

• Redguy commented:

  3/3/14, 3:11 PM - Forgot to mention: Clos Pepe is a good stop as well.

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