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Zotovich Cellars 2007 Estate Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)

Price $40

This is a dark, big, dense Pinot Noir, and while some wines of this style are heavy and dull, this one isn’t. It’s alive with zesty acidity, and has the deepest cherry-berry flavors you can imagine. Lovely spices, too, all tingly and mouthwatering. An important addition to the Santa Rita pantheon, and it should change interestingly over the next six years. — S.H. (6/1/2011)

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Zotovich Cellars 2010 Estate Viognier (Sta. Rita Hills)

Price $28

A great Viognier, rich and exotic, showing the powerful fruit you want from this variety, in a balanced, elegant way. With a sweet, buttercream mouthfeel, it’s brisk in acidity, with powerful flavors of tangerines, pineapples, golden mango and exotic spices, finished with smoky, sweet oak. — S.H. (6/1/2011)

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Zotovich Cellars 2008 Estate Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills)

Price $40

Lots of acidity in this dry, Chablis-style wine. It’s not one of your opulent fruit bombs, but restrained and controlled, showing a mineral profile framing Meyer lemon, lime and pineapple fruit. An elegant, sophisticated Chardonnay for drinking now, but not too cold. Tasted twice. — S.H. (6/1/2011)

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Zotovich Cellars 2008 Estate Syrah (Sta. Rita Hills)

Price $42

A rich, robust Syrah, impressive for sheer volume and intensity. Floods the mouth with ripe flavors of blackberries, cassis, chocolate, smoked meats, black pepper and cedar. High in alcohol, which will alarm purists, and there’s some burn on the finish. The wine calls for richly slathered barbecue. — S.H. (6/1/2011)

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Zotovich Cellars 2008 Estate Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)

Price $38

Deliciously ripe, jammy cherry, raspberry and cola fruit star on this dry wine, with a sweet edge of smoky oak. The all-important tannins are smooth and refined. But there’s a hit of heat from high alcohol that makes the finish hot. The official alcohol on this ’08 is far higher than it was on the fabulous 2007 bottling. — S.H. (6/1/2011)

Most Reviewed Designations

Estate

Most Reviewed Varietals

Chardonnay Pinot Noir Syrah Viognier

2010 Pence Ranch Westslope

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