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Sierra Madre 2008 Sierra Madre Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)
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An enormously fruity wine whose main appeal is its vast array of flavor. Cherries, raspberries, red currants, licorice, Dr. Pepper cola and milk chocolate flood the mouth, offset by crisp acidity and accented with sweet oak. Best now for its soft deliciousness.
— S.H.
(10/1/2010)
Sierra Madre 2007 Sierra Madre Vineyard Chardonnay (Santa Maria Valley)
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Oaky, with lots of buttered toast, vanilla and caramel flavors riding high on top of the underlying pineapple jam and minerals. With crisp acidity, this Chardonnay could improve with a few years in the cellar.
— S.H.
(11/1/2009)
Sierra Madre 2008 Block 216 Clone 5 Pommard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)
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Rich in cherries, raspberries, licorice, cola and sandalwood, this Pinot finishes dry and spicy. It has a lovely, silky mouthfeel, yet is quite sharp in acidity, and a bit one-dimensional. Best now.
— S.H.
(10/1/2010)
Sierra Madre 2006 Sierra Madre Vineyard Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)
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Made in a style so ripe and direct in fruit and oak, it’s almost simple, with spun sugar flavors of raspberries, cherries, anise and vanilla. Those flavors are delicious, yet the wine lacks structural integrity.
— S.H.
(12/1/2008)
Sierra Madre 2006 Sierra Madre Vineyard Chardonnay (Santa Maria Valley)
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The vineyard is a pioneer in the Santa Maria Valley and it’s nice to see they’ve finally branded their own wine. The Chardonnay is marked by brisk, cool-climate acidity that does a needed job of balancing the superripe pineapple jam and overtly oaky flavors.
— S.H.
(12/1/2008)
Sierra Madre 2008 Sierra Madre Vineyard Chardonnay (Santa Maria Valley)
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Lots of sweet new oak on this heavily manipulated wine. The underlying flavors are of pineapples and mangoes, and it finishes sweet. Hard to like beyond a sip or two before it turns cloying.
— S.H.
(10/1/2011)
Sierra Madre 2008 Sierra Madre Vineyard Block 210 Clone 15 Chardonnay (Santa Maria Valley)
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Tastes overworked, with superripe pineapple and tropical fruit flavors and very strong, new oaky notes of caramel and toast. There’s a buttered popcorn quality, like something from the movie theatre.
— S.H.
(10/1/2011)
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