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9.6

Hailing from one of the premier sites in the Santa Lucia Highlands, planted in 1996, the 2022 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard is flat-out gorgeous. Beautifully rendered, it boasts generous fruit density, crystal-clear delineation of flavors and bracing structure. Fully destemmed, the 2022 finishes with a ton of persistence in its dark berry flavors, even darker cherry, black licorice and black sage. The 2022 leaves behind a fine web of powdery tannins, neatly wrapped up with a little bow on top, concentrated, effusive, and ready to rock. What a complete package. This may be the red wine of the vintage in the SLH. (Billy Norris, Vinous, August 2024)
— 8 months ago

Eric Urbani

9.3

We had fun coming up with the descriptors of the nose on this one. Twizzler, cherry cough drops, you get the idea. typical of very ripe picking that Roar is known for. — 4 years ago

Marc Melser

8.9

We had the 2014 Vintage on 10/1-2/20. This is a good, full bodied, fruit forward Pinot Noir. The lead flavor on the bouquet and palate is black cherry. There is some oak and sweet spice. The tannins need to be smoothed with the aerator. I would buy more. — 5 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.0

Mfdz y tad — 6 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.1

Raspberry, mineral, med + acid, no tannin, drink with a slight chill — 6 years ago

Martin Mills

8.9

Mango quince pineapple with a hint of spice — 9 years ago

Patrick McNeil

9.1

Very good. — 10 years ago

Amanda Church

9.2

Served it with parmesan, kale, and black pepper pasta. Lovely! — 10 years ago

Neal Frankel

9.9

Great fruit, complexity, finish! — 11 years ago

Panja NAOE

9.0

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Eric L

9.5

Had this at Car Talk night. Peter picked it — 8 months ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.2

Grower bubbles from the Santa Lucia Highlands. Still can’t compete with top tier grower champagne (we don’t get that phenolic maturity at low brix etc) BUT excellent none the less. The rosé from Caraccioli especially stands out. The 1-2% SLH Pinot brings an element of coastal Cali terroir to this wine (the tiniest hint of that strawberry, herbal quality) which blends so perfectly with the lemon juice and marzipan/vanilla/lanolin leesy quality. Fine persistent mousse. One of the best examples of domestic sparkling I’ve had. — a year ago

Yen Boubel

8.9

Slightly herbal, ripe berries, plum & clove with a bright finish. — 4 years ago

Colin Cahoon

9.4

A top notch vintage California sparkler. Fine bubbles, soft lees, nice minerality, with hints of citrus - the drinking experience builds to a sizzling acid finish. Take the two best grapes out of SLH and make a cremant style sparkler. Brilliant. — 5 years ago

with Claire and Susan

Michelle Vanhoose

8.9

Soft tannins, floral nose, pretty wine. This would be a daily drinker for me. — 7 years ago

with Rico

Stephen Carney

9.4

2006 vintage. It isn't getting any better then this. Perfect time to pop — 9 years ago

Stuart Scheff

9.2

Sooooooo good — 10 years ago

Oscar Ortiz

9.5

Young but what a delicious mouthful, with rich layers of fruit but elegant and smooth — 10 years ago

Ryan Mullins

9.9

Soul wine! — 11 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose: medium cherry. Smoke.

Palate: spice. Dark a bit sweet cherry fruit.

Long finish.

$25 / $15 on 2 — 9 months ago

Austin Blackwell

9.3

Incredibly rich but still a delicious Pinot. Herbal aromas of tarragon and spice surround the core of stewed strawberries and black cherry. Palate is dense with creamy tannins and quite a bit of new oak is present. Vanilla, Cherry, and cola on the 30+ second finish. I’ll wait another couple years to open the next one. — 2 years ago

with Angelina

Ken Venezio

9.2

Virtuoso Syrah. Love the bright red berry fruits on the front end and the balance throughout. Nice silky tannins and a modest finish. A 30 minute decant made a world of difference. — 4 years ago

Mark Aronica

9.0

Bright and citrusy. Would drink again. — 5 years ago

Eric W Brown

9.2

Lots of cherry. Drinking well — 6 years ago

Tim Maloney

9.3

Very peaty color. Sharp to the nose. Sharp, stingy and mineral flavor with a long finish. Not for the weak of heart and fantastic! — 7 years ago

Nestor Gonzalez

9.2

This wine proves the Pisoni's vision — 10 years ago

Pga

9.7

Joe Davis makes one of the finest Cali pilots. — 10 years ago

Luke Wright

9.2

2006 - Still great — 10 years ago

Zak Kilson

8.9

Drinks like old world Syrah. I am really enjoying this. — 11 years ago