Country: US / Soberanes Vineyard
Variety: Pinot Noir California
Winery: Black Kite / Santa Lucia Highlands
There’s an intriguing mix of smokiness, tangy cranberry and sanguine notes on the nose of this bottling from a winery obsessed with the Burgundian style. The palate combines aromatic and woody flavors of juniper, pine needle, bay leaf and eucalyptus with base notes of baked red cherry. Fascinatingly, it’s richer in spice than in fruit.