Ming L

9.2

Nice to taste this Santa Maria Valley bottling alongside the Sta. Rita Hills one. Riper, darker fruits profile but there is still freshness here. Oak is more prominent. Earthier as well with light mushroom and tea leaf notes. Plush palate.
This is a more complex and deeper wine. But I prefer the Sanford bottling slightly. — 3 years ago

Christos

9.1

Dark fruit, cherries, anise, and tobacco on the nose. Very dry wine. Dried fig, vanilla, more dark fruits, more cherry, and chocolate. Long finish of leather and oak. Drink now. Decant for an hour. — 6 years ago

with Fotini

Melissa McRae

9.1

With Roxanne and Don — 7 years ago

Robert Evans Jr

9.3

Wine of the afternoon. Hints of Plum & would not think of this as an 05 — 7 years ago

with Craig and Hugh

Mark Kenney

10

Nice light drink — 8 years ago

Kevin Gaussoin

9.0

Opened this tonight — 8 years ago

with Jenny and Sarah

Brandon S

9.0

Round mouth feel, juicy, fruit forward, light-to-medium bodied. Low tannins, sweet. Opens up to a slight tartness. — 4 years ago

Gary Nishimura

8.9

Received from Bernals. Very good. Would buy again. — 5 years ago

Sergio Schwarz

9.0

Very good value — 6 years ago

Frank Chen

9.3

Awesome California big Pinot noir from Kistler ...named after older daughter Katherine , tried along side Lizzie ...bold darker fruit, power elegance , great intergration spices and some fig like notes awesome — 7 years ago

Joshua Wiedergänger

9.6

Incredible, creamy, fresh, supreme balance. Light. — 8 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.0

Well made, but I don’t get any sense of place from this — 8 years ago

Charlie Beatty

Buyer wineworksonline.com

10

Awesome 97 Insignia. The wine of the night and there were plenty others. Sharing this with all on our Monday night dinner group. I would say 100 points because it was. Guys like Rob Parker recently upgraded this to a 100pts. Big rich full and elegant stand out on this 20 yr old wine. Thanks David for giving me this Awesome Beauty. CB — 9 years ago

with Walter, Dennis and 4 others

Naoki Otani

9.0

07.04.2021 — 4 years ago

Paige Martin

9.5

Nice and light, not too sweet, with lovely notes of peaches and apricots, exactly as described on the bottle! — 5 years ago

George Yasutake

9.8

Best Pinot Noir that I have tasted this year! Awesome grape juice. Went well with the signature toro plate at Morimoto’s in Napa. — 6 years ago

with Brian

Abby Hood

9.5

Nice wine for the price. Bought at Trader Joe’s. — 7 years ago

Jessica DeCicco

9.0

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Minerals, fresh, crisp, stone fruit, light oak. — 8 years ago

Joe Flo

9.3

Parker was right great value wine. — 8 years ago

Nikolaus Schuhl

Sommelier/Sales Epic Wines

9.1

Earthy
More Terrior than fruit on nose
Full mouthfell — 8 years ago