Country: US / Les Bon Temps Roule
Variety: Pinot Noir California
Winery: Martellotto / Santa Barbara County
This is a very dry Pinot Noir, lowish in alcohol by current standards. It’s not showing particularly well now, with a sour cherry and cranberry tartness that makes the mouth water. You can chew on this wine and it reveals plenty of mushroomy, meaty complexities, but it remains aloof and tough. Give it at least five years in a good cellar.