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Talley 2005 Rosemary's Vineyard Pinot Noir (Arroyo Grande Valley)

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Price $70

This is a great 2005 Pinot Noir, the best ever from Talley. The wine somehow combines huge ripe fruit with delicacy. It floods the mouth with profound currant, cherry pie, licorice, cola, raspberry, cocoa and vanilla smoke flavors, yet feels light and silky, and is thoroughly dry. That’s the magic of Pinot Noir. You can enjoy this small production wine now, and it… — S.H. (3/1/2008)

Laetitia 2005 Les Galets Pinot Noir (Arroyo Grande Valley)

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Price $60

A sensational Pinot Noir for its complexity, ageability and sheer deliciousness. The parts haven’t come together yet, but each is great. Smoky new oak dominates, closely followed by enormously ripe crushed cherry, blackberry, pomegranate, cola and mocha flavors. There’s a rich tannin-acid structure, and the sweet, spicy oak reprises on the finish. This big… — S.H. (11/1/2007)

Talley 2003 Rosemary's Vineyard Chardonnay (Arroyo Grande Valley)

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Price $44

The fruit is massive, succulent in pineapple custard, Key lime pie and roasted coconut, and the oak is also powerful in new, charred character. There there's the brilliant acidity that makes it all work. — S.H. (7/1/2006)

Laetitia 2004 La Colline Pinot Noir (Arroyo Grande Valley)

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Price $60

Extremely complex, and while it shows powerful red cherry, cola, rhubarb and tea flavors, it maintains the essential elegance that Pinot requires. The acidity is wonderful. Vey, very dry. So balanced, so layered, so drinkable. — S.H. (7/1/2006)

Laetitia 2006 Reserve Pinot Noir (Arroyo Grande Valley)

Price $40

Laetitia’s best reserve ever. In a word, gorgeous. There’s a soft silkiness, a caressingly smooth mouthfeel that just seduces the palate into submission. Then the deliciousness sinks in, all red currants, cherries, mocha, licorice, pepper and smoke, set off with fine acidity and tannins. So compulsively drinkable, you can’t keep your hands off it. Best now through 2010. — S.H. (12/31/2008)

Talley 2008 Rosemary's Vineyard Chardonnay (Arroyo Grande Valley)

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Price $46

Chardonnays from this vineyard are virtually guaranteed to be among the richest in California, and Talley’s 2008 certainly doesn’t disappoint. It’s a massively structured, flamboyant wine, tremendous in tropical fruit, pear, peach and apple flavors that taste like they’ve been baked into a pie, along with the sweet, smoky crust. A tremendous wine that must be… — S.H. (4/1/2011)

Talley 2006 Rosemary's Vineyard Chardonnay (Arroyo Grande Valley)

Price $50

Talley’s Rosemary’s typically is one of the greatest, most dependable Chardonnays in California. The 2006 upholds that distinguished tradition. It’s dry and balanced, with a mineral undertone that grounds the flamboyant pineapple custard, lemondrop and lime pie flavors. Feels ultra-distinguished and elegant despite the richness. Now through 2010. — S.H. (2/1/2009)

Talley 2009 Rincon Vineyard Pinot Noir (Arroyo Grande Valley)

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Price $58

Sheer opulence is the hallmark of this wine. Call it feminine in its soft silkiness, and the way the raspberry, cherry and sandalwood flavors caress the palate. Yet there’s a firmness of structure, a stony, minerally quality that lends power and authority. Great now, and will develop in the bottle for the next 6–8 years. — S.H. (4/1/2012)

2008 Rodney Strong Symmetry

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