Loring Wine Company
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Loring Wine Company 2004 Garys' Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)
- Editors' Choice
- $48
Deliriously delicious, decadent, stupendously flavorful, words can’t describe the impression this massive wine makes. It’s an explosion of blackberry pie, cherry marmalade, vanilla fudge and Oriental spice flavors, all carefully controlled in a dry, crisp, softly tannic package. All Loring’s wines possess superripeness, but this one somehow brings balance and…
— S.H.
(5/1/2006)
Loring Wine Company 2006 Cargasacchi Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $50
This is a fabulous vineyard. The growers go to endless pains, and the talented winemakers at Loring rose to the occasion and have produced a compelling Pinot Noir. Dry and crisp in acids, it’s enormously complex, with the cherry, pomegranate and cola fruit flavors made more interesting with the tastes of earth, mushrooms, balsamic and espresso.
— S.H.
(6/1/2008)
Loring Wine Company 2006 Clos Pepe Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $50
Clos Pepe has vaulted into the front ranks of California Pinot Noir vineyards, and Loring has captured its terroir perfectly with this dry, complex young wine. It combines a silky elegance with enormous fruit flavors of blackberries, cherries, cola and Asian spices, wrapped into the vineyard’s signature rich tannins and crisp acids. Drink this brilliant Pinot Noir…
— S.H.
(6/1/2008)
Loring Wine Company 2006 Graham Family Vineyard Pinot Noir (Green Valley)
- $50
From cool Green Valley in this cool vintage comes this translucently colored young Pinot Noir. It’s silky and light in the mouth, but enormously complex, with spicy cherry, raspberry, cola, licorice, datenut, fig and soy sauce flavors that are heightened and brightened by crisp acidity. Thoroughly enjoyable now, and should develop for up to six years.
— S.H.
(6/1/2008)
Loring Wine Company 2004 Rosella's Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)
- $48
There’s a baked, roti quality to the aroma of this wine, suggesting the crust of a fresh cherry pie, with the cherry filling flavors accented by vanilla and cinnamon and even a drizzle of crème de cassis. It’s a very decadent beverage. Who could have dreamed California Pinot could taste this good? On the other hand, the very size will intimidate chefs. Where is…
— S.H.
(5/1/2006)
Loring Wine Company 2006 Brosseau Vineyard Pinot Noir (Chalone)
- $50
This is a very dry, elegant Pinot Noir that’s sleeker and earthier than many other comparably priced Pinots out there. It has what you might call a Burgundian profile, with the cherry, raspberry, cola and spice fruit balanced by truffles, leather and a suggestion of dried pine needles.
— S.H.
(6/1/2008)
Loring Wine Company 2000 Garys' Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)
- Editors' Choice
- $40
The dense color is a sure indicator of how rich and intense this Monterey wine is. With plum aromas, hints of cinnamon and nutmeg, it’s round, deep and packed to the core with exuberance but also lots of style. Editors’ Choice.
— W.E.
(10/1/2002)
Loring Wine Company 2006 Rancho Ontiveros Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)
- $50
The vineyard isn’t well-known but deserves to be. It’s down the hill from Bien Nacido, in the sweet spot of Santa Maria Valley. Loring’s ’06 bottling is rich and ripe in cherries, currants, cola and tobacco, but more than that, has a textural complexity that gives it great interest value. Should age, too. Drink now–2012.
— S.H.
(6/1/2008)
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