Country: US / La Masía Don Miguel Vineyard
Variety: Pinot Noir California
Winery: Marimar Estate / Russian River Valley
The vineyard is in the cooler Green Valley, although you wouldn’t know it from the label. The wine shows considerable crispness and dryness, with moderate alcohol. There are some tabasco and balsam notes grounding the richer cherry and sandalwood flavors. It’s enormously elegant, a smooth, complex, silky Pinot Noir that should develop through the next six years.