E16 2013 Upper Bench Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)

Country: US / Upper Bench
Variety: Pinot Noir California
Winery: E16 / Santa Lucia Highlands

Cinnamon and other brown spices meet with iron, turned earth and dried cranberry for a slightly funky and sour nose. The palate offers a plush red-cherry flavor at first, followed by an earthy pencil-lead-driven note. Tart raspberry and graphite minerality emerge in the midpalate, followed by loam and coffee grinds toward the finish.