#staritahills

Sea Smoke

Southing Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir 2019

Concentrated raspberry and red plum aromas with glints and hints of red currant, cranberry and ripe red cherry. Tarragon strong with allspice afters. Very juicy center of this tootsie pop exhibits a slightly less sweet cherry, a touch of black pepper, cedar and cinnamon framing dense plum and both dried and ripe raspberry, subdued blackberry and a racy finish of cola and roobios pumping the brakes repeatedly on this well engineered rocket.


#seasmoke
#pinotnoir #seasmokesouthing #2019 #seasmokeestatevineyard #southing #santaritahills #singlevineyard #monopole #staritahills #cawine
— a year ago

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Domaine de la Côte

Bloom's Field Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2014

I've always loved the 2014 Bloom's Field for it's pure cherry-berry fruits, minerality and tension. It's far from a blockbuster, but instead keeps you coming back to the glass with a display that is woodland and somehow autumnal, ripe yet also wiry, precise and juicy to the core. The perfect dinner companion, so to speak, but don't rush it, because this takes a good hour to really get the conversation going.
#domainedelacote #pinotnoir #staritahills
— 3 years ago

Lyle, Daniel P. and 5 others liked this

Alma Rosa

Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2014

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
8.9

Could have more intense aromas and flavors. Still, great example of #staritahills #pinotnoir — 4 years ago

David, Daniel P. and 1 other liked this

Barden

Sanford & Benedict Vineyard Pinot Noir 2018

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
9.1

Incredible how similar this seems to a Rioja! It has a little touch of mushrooms on the nose. Also medium+ intensity aromas of vanilla, cedar and toast. #staritahills #sbcountywines #sbcounty — 2 years ago

Aravind, Daniel P. and 3 others liked this

Zotovich Family Vineyards

Estate Pinot Noir 2014

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
9.0

Lovely #pinot #pinotnoir from #staritahills #sbcounty #santabarbara Only 5 barrels produced! 100% #wholecluster — 3 years ago

Raul, David and 7 others liked this

Whitcraft Winery

Presqu'ile Vineyard Chardonnay 2017

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
9.1

I prefer this to the Pence Ranch #staritahills #chardonnay The latter seaming riper, sweeter with popcorn aromas. This #santamaria seems like higher acidity yet still has buttery autolytic notes — 4 years ago

Jason, Peter and 8 others liked this

Zotovich Family

Estate Syrah 2016

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
9.3

Killer #Syrah with amazing freshness #highacidity at the same time as 14.8% alc. so #staritahills all the black pepper and violets on the nose and all the ripe tannins and blackberry candy on the palate. @Ryan Zotovich — 5 years ago

Rosario Molina
with Rosario
Ira, Peter and 5 others liked this

Zotovich Family

Pinot Noir Estate Reserve 2013

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
9.3

#staritahills #pinotnoir this is nice because has a lovely maturing process and has complexity. — 3 years ago

Josh, Mike and 8 others liked this

Zotovich Family Vineyards

Estate Syrah 2015

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
9.1

Pinot Noir from #sbcounty #sbcountywines #santabarbara is great admittedly but there are amazing #Syrah as well #staritahills — 3 years ago

David, Douglas and 4 others liked this

Whitcraft Winery

"My Friend Matt's Vineyard" Los Olivos District Syrah 2017

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
8.7

There are a lot of seriously amazing #syrah that is coming out of #sbcounty from #santamariavalley and #staritahills like #storm #dragonette and #holusbolus #zotovich yet this seems like an antithesis to what I love about those wines. This smells and tastes like chocolate milk on acid. Where’s the crushed pepper? Where’s the rich black fruit and herbs? Reminds me of the Wendy’s commercial “where’s the meat?” For me the oak isn’t noble. Seems like staves or chips. This is a 2017 it should be showing complexity and tertiary but it’s just one-dimension fruity raspberries, milk chocolate and acid. Not my thing #losolivos #overrated — 3 years ago

Rosario Molina
with Rosario
Martin, Josh and 4 others liked this
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Won’t be purchasing that.