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McIntyre Vineyards 2007 Estate Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
- $42
Starts out very full-bodied and rich, almost too heavy for Pinot Noir. Then the acids kick in to accent the silky texture, and you know it’s a ripe, ageable Pinot Noir. With deep flavors of raspberries, cherries, red currants, licorice, cocoa and peppery spices, it should develop well over the next 4–6 years.
— S.H.
(2/1/2010)
McIntyre Vineyards 2007 Estate Chardonnay (Santa Lucia Highlands)
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- $29
A really terrific Chardonnay, even better than last year’s bottling. Of course, the vintage was better, too. The wine is ripe and creamy and crisp, with luscious flavors of pineapples, pears, buttercream, vanilla custard, honeysuckle, smoke and minerals. Just beautiful, and at a good price, but only 260 cases produced.
— S.H.
(11/1/2009)
McIntyre Vineyards 2002 Force Canyon Vineyard Pinot Noir (Monterey County)
- Editors' Choice
- $31
Here’s a medium-bodied, silky wine that shows the classic elegance of cool-climate winegrowing. Fully dry, with complex flavors of cherries, cola, rhubarb, coffee and spice, it has a touch of smoky oak. It’s an irresistibly yummy Pinot Noir.
— S.H.
(12/1/2005)
McIntyre Vineyards 2009 Estate Block K-1 Chardonnay (Santa Lucia Highlands)
- $38
This is the winery’s best, small-production Chardonnay. It’s considerably better than their regular 2009 Chardonnay. Shows minerality and acidity that make it appealing to the connoisseur, with rich lime and apricot fruit. For all the richness, the finish is dry. Drink now.
— S.H.
(7/1/2011)
McIntyre Vineyards 2007 Mission Ranch Pinot Noir (Arroyo Seco)
- $36
This little appellation in the Salinas Valley is on an upswing with Pinot Noir, as evidenced by this fine bottling. It’s rich, as you’d expect from the perfect 2007 vintage, and well balanced, with the cherry, raspberry, cola and spice flavors bracketed by crisp acidity and smooth tannins. Probably not an ager, but a wine to watch.
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
McIntyre Vineyards 2008 Estate Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)
- $38
Inky dark, full-bodied, dry and, in a word, huge. That’s this Pinot, which shows typical Santa Lucia power. Densely concentrated in raspberry, cherry and blackberry fruit, it’s strong in tannins, but they’re velvety soft. An interesting wine, not particularly Pinot-esque, but delicious and possibly ageworthy.
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
McIntyre Vineyards 2006 Estate Chardonnay (Santa Lucia Highlands)
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- $26
Here’s a fat, unctuous, oily Chard, about as ripe as they come. Barrel fermented in all-new oak, it has an overlay of smoky char and caramelized vanilla riding over guava, nectarine and honeysuckle flavors. It sure is decadent.
— S.H.
(3/1/2008)
McIntyre Vineyards 2009 Estate Block 3 Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)
- $46
Acidity marks this dry wine, a low-cropped block selection from the estate vineyard. The fruit is remarkably concentrated, showing flashy, intense cherries and plenty of smoky oak. But that acidity definitely kicks. Hard to tell if the wine is ageable, but it does need a rich, fatty steak.
— S.H.
(12/31/2011)
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