85 + Good Wine

Oct 302010
 
2008 – Carneros – Napa Valley, CA – $50 — Rating 86

Winemaker notes: Our 2008 Pinot Nero is full of ripe cherry and cranberry aromas with overtones of spice, rose petals and wood smoke. Flavors are bright at entry, deepening to a lush vanilla-tinged mid-palate and lingering through the silky finish.

Oct 302010
 
2007 – Monterey, CA – $14 — Rating 3.25
Winemaker Notes – A brilliant medium-full color, the wine shows buoyant aromas of fresh cherry and strawberry, with plenty of wonderful beet root character typical of Pinot Noir.