The aroma of this wine shows amazing depth as it opens up with blackberry and macerated cherry notes followed up by layers of clove, vanilla and perhaps a little duck fat.   An earthy smokiness is offset nicely by the richness of fruit on the palate.

Alcohol: 13.8%
Glucose / Fructose: <.2% g/L
Cooperage: 80% French Oak, 20% American
Aged: 17 months
Blend: 100% Pinot Noir

2013 Monterey County Pinot Noir
DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL
Tasters Guild International Wine Competition 2016

2014 Monterey County Pinot Noir
GOLD MEDAL
West Coast Wine Competition 2017

2014 Monterey County Pinot Noir
DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition 2017

2015 Monterey County Pinot Noir
92 POINTS
Robert Whitley’s Winemaker Challenge 2018