Wines from Sonoma Coast
Siduri 2008 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
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- $30
There’s a nice wine in here somewhere, but now it’s cloaked under a heavy coating of oak and tannins, and the primary fruit cherry-berry flavors have a pie-filling sweetness. Give it at least 6–12 months in the cellar.
— S.H.
(3/1/2010)
Amphora 2007 Lakeville Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $40
Shows good varietal character, with cola, cherry and pomegranate flavors grounded with earthier notes of rhubarb and tobacco. Feels a bit soft in structure, lacking liveliness, so drink up now.
— S.H.
(4/1/2010)
Schug 2008 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $24
Sharp in acidity and bone dry, this is a good, everyday Pinot Noir. It shows a properly silky texture, and flavors of cola, cherries, red currants and cedar. Drink now.
— S.H.
(7/1/2010)
Fort Ross 2008 Fort Ross Vineyard Rosé Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $14
Dark for a blush wine, with a crimson hue, and forward and heavy in flavor, too. Shows red cherries, root beer and spices that are accented with brisk acidity, and finish dry. Not very complex or subtle, but easy with all kinds of summer fare.
— S.H.
(8/1/2010)
Pali 2008 Durell Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
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- $44
Smells and tastes overoaked, with toothpicky vanilla and smoky char notes. The amount of new French wood was 50%. The jammy raspberry, cherry and currant fruit just isn’t intense or complex enough to support all that weight. Drink now.
— S.H.
(10/1/2010)
Bearboat 2008 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $17
There’s enough fruit in this simple, soda-like Pinot Noir to start an orchard. It has candied flavors of raspberries, red cherries, strawberries and cola, with oak contributing the usual caramel and vanilla. But it sure is tasty.
— S.H.
(11/1/2010)
Stephen & Walker 2008 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $46
This is a very big, powerfully extracted Pinot Noir. It is not currently showing much varietal character. Feels like it was made by someone who knows how to make Cabernet, and brings that mindset to Pinot. The wine is full-bodied, thick, heavy and enormously concentrated in raspberries and cherries. Could change over time, but there’s not much point in aging it.
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
Stephen & Walker 2009 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $46
Fruity and sweet in raspberry and cherry jam and cola flavors, with pie spices, this Pinot had no problems getting ripe. It has good acidity to balance the richness, but is somewhat simple, lacking the subtle elegance you want in an expensive Pinot Noir.
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
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