Alma Rosa
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Alma Rosa 2006 Chardonnay (Santa Barbara County)
- Editors' Choice
- $20
Starts with an opulent, inviting aroma of smoky honey, vanilla, tangerines, Meyer lemons, yellow apricots, green apples and minerals. In the mouth, the flavors are very similar—an explosion of fruits, spices and toast. Just a tremendous wine, but for all the volume and complexity, it’s completely balanced.
— S.H.
(9/1/2008)
Alma Rosa 2007 Chardonnay (Santa Barbara County)
- Editors' Choice
- $18
A very fine Chardonnay showing succulent flavors of pineapples, Meyer lemons and bracing minerals, with a rich honeysuckle and buttered toast sweetness. Flashy, impressive and an incredible value.
— S.H.
(7/1/2010)
Alma Rosa 2006 Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- Editors' Choice
- $36
Impresses for the body and depth that lifts it into sheer deliciousness. A powerful wine, it’s stuffed with pure flavors of black cherries, currants, beef jerky and spicy mu shu plum sauce, all wrapped into thick but finely ground tannins, and brightened with crisp coastal acidity. Beautiful now, and should develop over the next 6 years.
— S.H.
(9/1/2008)
Alma Rosa 2004 La Encantada Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- Cellar Selection
- $48
This is the first launch of Richard Sanford’s new brand. The pioneering Santa Barbara vintner is no longer connected with Sanford Winery. It’s an impressive start. Power defines the wine, which detonates with explosive cherry-berry and cocoa fruit and oak, wrapped into a silky, velvety texture. It’s drinkable now, but it’s likely to age well for the next eight years.
— S.H.
(11/1/2006)
Alma Rosa 2007 El Jabalí Vineyard - Mt. Eden Clone Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $49
Shows a real Burgundian-style earthiness, with rich humous, mushroom and gamy, leathery flavors, marbled with a deep well of spicy plum sauce. This earthy richness, with the distinct tannins, suggests ageability for this dry wine. Best after 2009.
— S.H.
(3/1/2009)
Alma Rosa 2007 El Jabali Vineyard Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills)
- Online Exclusive
- $28
Always a precise, focused wine, Alma Rosa’s ’07 El Jabalí shows a procession toward a drier, more Chablis-style Chardonnay than in the past. It’s mouthwatering in acidity, with firm flavors of chalky minerals, pineapples, honeysuckle flowers and buttered toast. Now–2012.
— S.H.
(12/1/2009)
Alma Rosa 2005 El Jabali Vineyard Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $32
Here’s a good, rich white Burgundy-inspired Chard, creamy in barrel-fermented vanilla custard and opulant lemon drop mousse, peach pie and smoky pie crust flavors. Balanced and dry, it’s enriched with crisp, savory acidity.
— S.H.
(4/1/2007)
Alma Rosa 2008 La Encantada Vineyard Pinot Gris (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $28
A beautiful Pinot Gris that lifts this variety beyond workhorse into true elegance and style. Braced with brisk acidity and minerals, it features rich flavors of citrus and tropical fruits, wildflowers, honeysuckle flowers, vanilla and cinnamon spice.
— S.H.
(8/1/2010)
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