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Saintsbury 2004 Brown Ranch Pinot Noir (Carneros)
- Editors' Choice
- $60
This is one to think about for its complex nature that changes by the moment. On the surface, it’s soft and ripe, with an explosion of cherry pie, strawberry, cola and mocha flavors enriched with the vanilla and smoky caramel of new oak. Yet every sip as it warms in the glass reveals another layer. Gorgeously textured, right up there with the best.
— S.H.
(5/1/2007)
Saintsbury 2004 Syrah (Carneros)
- $35
Grown on the Sonoma side of the appellation, in one of the coolest, windiest parts, this is quite simply a delicious Syrah. The grapes achieved perfect ripeness, yielding immense blackberry jam, cherry, chocolate, tangerine zest, coffee and gingersnap cookie flavors. Yet that coastal acidity is there, scrubbing and cleansing the palate.
— S.H.
(5/1/2007)
Saintsbury 2000 Brown Ranch Pinot Noir (Carneros)
- $75
An amazingly good wine that’s very dry and austere now, and rather on the tight side. At first it reveals a tobaccoey mintiness, but as it warms up, the rich scent of cherries and mocha wafts out. For all its initial reserve and tannins, this muscular wine is very good, and should age well for ten years or longer.
— S.H.
(12/1/2004)
Saintsbury 2005 Brown Ranch Pinot Noir (Carneros)
- $60
Not as immediately obvious as the beautiful ’04, this is a more tannic, structured wine, yet it shows the pedigree of the vineyard. Cherry-pie filling, rhubarb, cola and cinnamon spice flavors take over the palate, leaving the impression of balanced, upscale richness in a silky texture. The tannins will be the perfect foil for lamb or veal.
— S.H.
(5/1/2007)
Saintsbury 2004 Syrah (Sonoma Valley)
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- $35
Beautiful Syrah, dry, immensely rich, and fairly tannic. It has a bracing texture framing wild blackberry, carob, cappuccino and dusty spice flavors, enriched with smoky oak.
— S.H.
(7/1/2007)
Saintsbury 2004 Stanly Ranch Pinot Noir (Carneros)
- $45
For me, this is the most successful of Saintsbury’s new trio of single vineyard Pinots for its depth of flavor. It’s a silky, lightly-textured wine, deceptively drinkable, with very gentle tannins, yet has complex cherry, cola, strawberry, rhubarb, Asian spice and oak flavors, enriched with toasty new oak, that flatter the palate and last long on the finish.
— S.H.
(12/31/2006)
Saintsbury 2008 Chardonnay (Carneros)
- Editors' Choice
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- $18
A very nice Chardonnay for this price. It’s barrel fermented and aged on the lees in the classic style, which gives smoky, creamy notes to the underlying pineapple, green apple, Meyer lemon and orange flavors. Vibrant Carneros acidity makes for a clean finish. Easy to find, with 13,000 cases produced.
— S.H.
(12/1/2010)
Saintsbury 2007 Unfiltered Chardonnay (Carneros)
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- $20
A lovely Chardonnay, delicate and minerally, with luscious flavors of flowers, citrus fruits, Asian pears, vanilla and spice. Complex and easy to like.
— S.H.
(12/1/2009)
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