Country: US / Le Bon Climat Vineyard
Variety: Pinot Noir California
Winery: Chanin / Santa Maria Valley
Marked by aggressive acidity and some dusty tannins, this Pinot is not showing well now. It’s just too hard and tart. But the flavors are enormously ripe, and the finish is dry and silky and long. It all suggests cellaring to let the cherries, black raspberries and Dr. Pepper cola emerge from their tomb. Better after 2011.