Steve Mitchell

9.4

Excellent Pinot to pair with our grilled salmon and salad. — 4 months ago

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9.1

The 2021 Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands) is a lovely appellation-level wine. Crushed flowers, sweet red cherry fruit, cedar and cinnamon are all nicely lifted. Soft, silky tannins grace the long, delineated finish, with pretty floral top notes that linger. Delicious. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, November 2023)
— 5 months ago

Turd Ferguson

9.3

375. Feminine. Nice length. Good purity. Has a candied/confectionary note that’s surprisingly pleasant. Fruit forward and pretty. Best at cellar temp. // Edit: paired this with roasted beets and fancy balsamic and GOTTDAMN — 6 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Ruby red color with aromas of dark berry fruits, cedar and spicy forest floor notes. On the palate flavors of raspberry, blackberry, and crushed red cherries with notes of cedar and baking spice, lively acidity, fine tannins, long finish ending with fruit and earthy notes. Drinking well! Pair this with a pork roast or Salmon with a balsamic glaze. — 7 months ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.5

Full bodied, flamboyant and very enjoyable. There’s a perfumed nose and a richness of flavours and an impressive silkiness and weight. Black cherry, marzipan, wet rock, sweet liquorice, potpourri, nutmeg. — 9 months ago

Edward Nelson

8.9

Christmas dinner bottle #2. — a year ago

Bill Hart

9.0

Wow! Great Pinot for the price! — 4 years ago

Evan Goff

9.3

Smooth fruity, char, rounded ! — 4 years ago

Mr. GrapeJUICE

9.2

Exceptional — 5 years ago

Ryan Mullins

9.9

Soul wine! — 10 years ago

Kate Parkerson

9.4

Smooth, a little spicy, very nice pinot — 4 months ago

Caleb Krell

9.5

Always a favourite — 6 months ago

Ed Chin

8.9

It’s been a long time since I’ve had a Sea Smoke and for good reason. Well made for sure just too over the top for me now — 5 months ago

Bucki Rogers

9.5

Really good. Paired well with herb chicken and roasted broccoli. Smooth, medium bodied. Nice! — 6 months ago

Jake Hajer

9.0

Good color. Cherry jolly rancher. Oak brown sugar. — 7 months ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Love Charles Pinots. I do like the Doctors Vineyard from Santa Lucia slightly over the Russian River.

I hold these 5-6 years from bottling, not vintage before I start drinking his Pinots. Excellent Floral fruits, strawberries, pomegranate, dry cranberries, some blackberries, haunting raspberries, cherries, red cola/licorice, dry crushed rocks, fresh to dryish herbs, mid dark spice, vanillin, nutmeg, soft cinnamon, limestone marl, hints of fresh tobacco, wood shavings, red, dark, blue flowers framed in violets. Rainfall acidity with excellent tension, well balanced, nicely structured, floral and polished finish. — 9 months ago

Paul Masson

9.1

Held up well, ready to drink — 3 years ago

Mark Aronica

9.0

Bright and citrusy. Would drink again. — 4 years ago

Kathleen Duffy

9.0

Delicious with smoke salmon — 5 years ago

Nathaniel Vitan

9.3

2013. Awesome. — 9 years ago

Billy L.

9.5

Another Christmas wine🎄🎅🏻🍇🍷👍🏻 — 4 months ago

Michael Walker

9.8

This was our 3L for the Christmas party - excellent Syrah, incredibly long tail to it, a little sparkly up front. Was a hit with the guests but I thought fell just short of the Adelaida last year — 4 months ago

Thiago Lins

9.5

Perfectly balanced, well-rounded tannins, blackberries — 6 months ago

with Anne

Louis Martin

9.1

Plum, smoky, hint of tobacco, smooth and creamy texture, pairs well with red sauce pasta. — 6 months ago

Andy Hall

9.3

Very enjoyable. Close to a pop’n pour. Give it 30 minutes to open. Nice fruit and spice. Structured and harmonious. Getting better as it ages! — 8 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.1

Combination of several vineyards aged in tank and neutral barrels, plenty of raciness and spritzy citrus personality but enough body to stand up to a meal — 10 months ago

Joe Roth

9.3

Aging beautifully — 3 years ago

with Jeff and Michael

Mike Lundberg

9.1

Smooth full bodied — 5 years ago

with Sylvia, Sally and 1 other

Parijat Talkad

9.6

Smooth, full bodied wine. — 7 years ago

Pierre Gustafsson

8.9

Very nice! Slight vanilla flavor — 10 years ago