Rancho Ontiveros Vineyard

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Loring Wine Company 2006 Rancho Ontiveros Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)

Price $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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Loring Wine Company 2004 Rancho Ontiveros Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)

Price $48

So syrupy sweet and delicious, you almost want to pour this over a cup of vanilla ice cream. It’s fabulously rich in cherry compote and milk chocolate, yet dry and backed up by crisp acids. Defines the extreme of a ripe, extracted, somewhat heavy Pinot Noir style, but there’s no denying how good it tastes. — S.H. (5/1/2006)

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Loring Wine Company 2002 Rancho Ontiveros Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)

Price $46

Smells chocolatey and heavy, and this is confirmed in the mouth. Dense, weighty and full-bodied, with a thick, fudgy texture and chocolate and blackberry flavors. — S.H. (11/1/2004)

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