Classic Clones
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La Rochelle 2003 Classic Clones Pinot Noir (Arroyo Seco)
- Editors' Choice
- $38
Easily the best of La Rochelle’s three Pinots, with a zesty acidity that frames ripe cherries, pomegranates, cola, oak and citrus zest. The Arroyo Seco is an under-appreciated appellation in Salinas Valley, while the clonal mix of this wine consists of older selections, not today’s cleaned-up Dijon specimens. This is a complex, addictive Pinot. Best now and for a…
— S.H.
(7/1/2006)
La Rochelle 2005 Classic Clones Pinot Noir (Arroyo Seco)
- $42
Here’s a big, ripe, dry, complex, voluptuous Pinot that comes from a cool Monterey region better known for dry whites. It shows a nice tension between acidity, silky tannins, charred, sweet oak and bright, pure fruit flavors of cherries, cola and raspberries, with a slightly funky, leathery undertow.
— S.H.
(10/1/2007)
La Rochelle 2007 Classic Clones Pinot Noir (Arroyo Seco)
- Online Exclusive
- $40
Arroyo Seco is an iffy place to grow Pinot or any red wine. Cool and windswept, it needs a warmer vintage, which 2007 wasn’t. Rochelle’s new bottling is very dry and acidic. It lacks a bit of generosity, in the green mint edge to the cherries. But it’s very elegant, with an appealing minerality. Drink now.
— S.H.
(2/1/2010)
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