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Lane Tanner 2007 Bien Nacido Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)
- $33
This is an elegant, supple Pinot Noir of great charm and impeccable balance. It’s perfect for pairing with Ahi tuna, grilled or tartare. Made in a crisper, leaner, more acidic style, it’s bone dry, with flavors of cherry pulp and skin, cola, bacon, sandalwood and Asian spices. Tasted twice. Drink now through 2013.
— S.H.
(10/1/2009)
Lane Tanner 1997 JK Vineyard Syrah (Santa Ynez Valley)
- $20
Exceedingly fine aromas of cherry and smoke, with a perfume of smoked meat and peppery notes. Rich and fine, a star of the vintage, so round and complete. Delivers tiers of fruit but is wonderfully balanced. Almost Burgundian in its soft complexity.
— S.H.
(10/1/1999)
Lane Tanner 1999 Bien Nacido Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)
- $25
Dark and ripe, the wine shows typical Bien Nacido aromas of sun-dried tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, hard spices and deep notes of plum and blackberry. Oak adds smoky, charred, vanilla elements. Achieves the impossible by being both big and light at the same time. The size is in the flavors, which are fruity and enormous. Yet there’s a lilt, an airiness that is, in a…
— W.E.
(12/31/2001)
Lane Tanner 2002 Melville Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- Editors' Choice
- $25
Long and rich in ripe black cherry, blueberry and blackberry flavors, with an exquisite edge of dusty spice, this fully dry wine excites for its balance and seductiveness. It�s silky and airy, but a serious Pinot Noir. So good now it�s hard to resist, but could actually improve over the next 5 years.
— S.H.
(10/1/2005)
Lane Tanner 2005 Bien Nacido Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)
- $30
Dry and firm in tannins, this is structured, with opulent cherry pie and new smoky oak. It’s an early drinker. Best now—2008 for freshness.
— S.H.
(7/1/2007)
Lane Tanner 2000 Bien Nacido Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $28
Lane Tanner makes sexy wines. You’re not supposed to say so, but there it is. This wine brings to mind silk and velvet. Something about it shimmers. It’s also delicious, so full of opulent berry fruit you want to swirl it around your mouth forever before you swallow. Fortunately, you can always take another sip. Editors’ Choice.
— S.H.
(7/1/2003)
Lane Tanner 2006 Bien Nacido Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)
- $33
Lovely and delicious, a balanced Pinot Noir with soft acidity and tannins that frame perfectly ripe flavors of cherries, blackberries, black raspberries and smoky vanilla. Doesn’t seem like an ager, but very elegant and upscale now and for a couple of years.
— S.H.
(12/1/2008)
Lane Tanner 2007 Julia's Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
- $36
Needs time in the cellar. It’s so fresh in primary cherries and currants, with unintegrated oak and tart citrusy acidity, that pleasure is walled off. But the richness and balance are easily there. Give it a good 3–4 years in the cellar.
— S.H.
(12/1/2009)
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