Wildcat Mountain Vineyard
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MacRostie 2004 Wildcat Mountain Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- Editors' Choice
- $42
I love this wine. The vineyard is in one of the coolest parts of Carneros, where the maritime influence has given crisp acidity boosting long hangtime fruit. The cherry, raspberry and cola flavors are gorgeous, while the earthier pomegranates and rhubarb are elevated to pie-filling sweetness. Yet the wine is entirely dry. What a beauty.
— S.H.
(7/1/2007)
MacRostie 2007 Wildcat Mountain Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- Editors' Choice
- $40
MacRostie’s Pinots from this vineyard on the edge of the Sonoma side of Carneros always are big, ripe, powerful and ageable. This ’07 shows the fat, ripe character of the vintage, offering luscious raspberry, cherry, cola, red currant liqueur, bacon, anise, spice and sandalwood flavors. But it’s balanced enough to change in interesting ways over the next 5–7 years…
— S.H.
(12/1/2010)
MacRostie 2006 Wildcat Mountain Vineyard Syrah (Sonoma Coast)
- Editors' Choice
- $34
Here’s a vintage-driven wine that needs the right conditions to succeed, which 2006 provided with its long, cool hangtime. The fruit has ripened to perfection, offering deep flavor notes of blackberries and raspberries. But there are also exotic and delicious notes of bacon, mocha and cola with a blast of black pepper throughout. The wine is full-bodied and dense…
— S.H.
(12/1/2010)
MacRostie 2001 Wildcat Mountain Vineyard Syrah (Carneros)
- Editors' Choice
- $39
Here is cool-climate Syrah. There is a white pepper aroma that leaps from the glass, and the acids and tannins are much more pronounced. Yet there are also underlying blackberry and plum flavors that are rich, ripe and dense. The wonderful structure and finesse is easily worth the price.
— S.H.
(5/1/2004)
MacRostie 2007 Wildcat Mountain Vineyard Syrah (Sonoma Coast)
- Online Exclusive
- $34
Another successful Syah from this great vineyard, in the upper Carneros section that qualifies as Sonoma Coast, and that also produces great Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays for MacRostie. This ’07 Syrah, held back four years, still is somewhat tight and tannic, but extraordinarily rich and spicy. Drink now, or over the next six years.
— S.H.
(12/15/2011)
MacRostie 2006 Wildcat Mountain Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $40
This is always a tight, dry, tannic Pinot Noir due to its cool, low-yielding vineyard. The ’06 is a very fine example. It’s astringent and closed, but with a luscious heart of black cherries, red currants and Dr. Pepper cola. With decanting, it’s fine now with something rich, like wild mushroom risotto, and should develop through 2012.
— S.H.
(8/1/2009)
MacRostie 2005 Wildcat Mountain Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $45
This is a big, gutsy Pinot Noir, the kind purists object to as being Rhône-like. But that’s what MacRostie’s vineyard gives them, and the wine is brilliant in its power and California deliciousness. With thick tannins but a silky texture, it offers waves of raspberries, cherries, currants, pomegranates, baker’s chocolate and cola. Should develop well over the next…
— S.H.
(12/15/2008)
MacRostie 2009 Wildcat Mountain Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $40
This vintage rivals MacRostie’s 2006 and 2007 bottlings. It’s already delicious thanks to the raspberry, cherry and persimmon flavors that gain complexity from baking spice and sweet, toasty oak notes. The brisk acidity is just about perfect, and the finish is long and rich.
— S.H.
(4/1/2013)
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