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Santa Lucia Highlands Wines

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Boekenoogen 2007 Chardonnay (Santa Lucia Highlands)

  • Editors' Choice
  1. $34
All the oaky, leesy richness is there, with buttered toast, crème brûlée and smoky buttercream, and tons of fruity ripeness, with a blast of Meyer lemon, pineapple, white peach and apricot. Yet there’s also a firm, steely minerality, and, despite the dryness, maybe even a delicious touch of botrytis. The acidity is mouthwatering.  — S.H.  (3/1/2010)
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Morgan 2002 Hat Trick Double L Vineyard Chardonnay (Santa Lucia Highlands)

  • Editors' Choice
  1. $50
This low production barrel selection from Morgan's Double L Vineyard is one of the best Chards of the vintage. Has everything Double L has, but more. Fabulous weight and density, and tiers of flavors ranging from pineapples through peaches, creme brulee and butterscotch. Fat, almost meaty, yet dry, elegant and refined.  — S.H.  (5/1/2005)
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Pessagno 2006 Four Boys Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)

  1. $55
Just gorgeous, an absolutely wonderful Pinot Noir to drink. Fully dry and crisp in coastal acidity, it shows rich, complex flavors of cherries, red currants and mocha, with a grounding, earthy animality suggesting grilled mushrooms and beef jerky. Beautiful now, and should gradually improve for a decade.  — S.H.  (3/1/2009)
95
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Roar 2010 Sierra Mar Vineyard Chardonnay (Santa Lucia Highlands)

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  1. $45
A brilliant Chardonnay, displaying both the terroir of this fine upland part of Monterey County, and the cool vintage that let the grapes hang on the vines until they were perfectly ripe. Dazzles with pineapple and mango fruit, with a perfect jacket of sweet, vanilla-scented oak. Best of all is the acidity, which is brisk, bright and clean.  — S.H.  (6/1/2012)
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Morgan 2006 Double L Vineyard Hat Trick Chardonnay (Santa Lucia Highlands)

  1. $65
Hat Trick is the best of the best of Morgan’s estate vineyard, which is in the chilliest northwestern part of the Highlands. Acidity stars, giving the wine a brilliant crispness that’s so clean and fine. Barrel fermented in one-third new French oak, the wine is incredibly rich and leesy. The terroir has coaxed out complex layers of pineapples, Meyer lemons, limes…  — S.H.  (7/1/2008)
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Novy 2005 Syrah (Santa Lucia Highlands)

  • Editors' Choice
  1. $27
Dark and racy, with a Northern Rhône-style aroma of black pepper, cedar and black currants, but there’s nothing Rhône-like about the flavor. It’s distinctly California, with soft, sweetly ripe tannins bursting with blackberry jam, black currants, anise, vanilla and sweet oak flavors. The wine is fully dry. Absolutely first-rate Syrah.  — S.H.  (3/1/2008)
95
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Testarossa 2009 Doctor's Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)

  1. $56
Score Chasers: USA 2011
So delicious, so dazzlingly seductive, it’s impossible not to fall in love with this wine. It detonates on the palate with an explosion of cherries and raspberries, and wonderfully smoky, buttery complexities from oak. Drily crisp and finely structured in smooth, dense tannins, it offers great pleasure now, and should develop over the next 6–8 years. Production was…  — S.H.  (5/1/2011)
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Miner 2007 Garys' Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)

  1. $60
An outstanding Pinot, absolutely, decadently good, that combines attributes of the fine vintage with some fine parcels from this celebrated vineyard. Softly lush, it shows fabulous flavors of cherries, red currants, licorice, cola, orange peel, sandalwood and Asian spices, but never loses structural balance and control.  — S.H.  (9/1/2009)
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