Ghostwriter 2009 Woodruff Family Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Cruz Mountains)

Country: US / Woodruff Family Vineyard
Variety: Pinot Noir California
Winery: Ghostwriter / Santa Cruz Mountains

Despite the light color and delicate silky mouthfeel, this mountain Pinot Noir is potent in fruit. It explodes in raspberry and cherry pie, red licorice and beef jerky flavors, enhanced with noticeable oak. But then it retreats into a dry, spicy, minerally finish. Firm in tannins and distinguished, it should develop in the bottle over the next six years.