Magnum - 2019 Pinot Noir - Las Hermanas Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills
94 points - Wine & Spirits Magazine - Selected by W&S as a Top 100 Winery in 2022!
The 2019 Pinot noir – Las Hermanas Vineyard is a light, bright wine with a wonderful sea spray/olive brine character on the nose and plenty of lively red fruits: cherry pie, red plum, açai. Elements of tarragon, bay leaf and fresh, wild herbs – sage and mint – give this Pinot complexity and layered flavor. Las Hermanas Vineyard always produces a classy, elegant wine with super-fine-grained tannin and a velvety texture. Ready to drink immediately, this wine will also age beautifully and reveal more of its earthy character. -Matt Brady, Winemaker
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Varietal | 100% Pinot Noir |
| Appellation | Sta. Rita Hills |
| Vineyard | Las Hermanas |
| Harvest Date | 09/21/2019 |
| Acid | 5.5 g/L |
| PH | 3.70 |
| Aging | 10 months in 35% new French oak |
| Fermentation | Native Yeast |
| Alcohol | 13.30% |
| Wine Style | 25% Whole Cluster |
| Volume | 1.5 liter |
| Bottling Date | 07/31/2020 |
| Cases Produced | 6 |
94 points - Wine & Spirits Magazine - Selected by W&S as a Top 100 Winery in 2022!
"Winemaker Matt Brady likes to play against fruit in his Central Coast pinots, and the Sta. Rita Hills terroirs are tailor-made for this effort. This one grows at a vineyard just west of the Melville Estate. The wine leads with an arresting cluster of spicy aromatics of bergamot, black tea and peat, while the dark fruit broods in the background like a spurned prom date. With air, the fruit comes forward, the wine morphs into a silky, seamless meld of savor and dark, glossy sour-cherry flavors. The fruit-skin tannins hint at the wine’s aging potential." -P.J.C.
94 points - Matt Kettmann, Wine Enthusiast
"Fresh and crisp aromas of raspberry, strawberry and rose petals are juicy and inviting on the nose of this bottling. The palate is thirst-quenching, with its refreshing red-fruit-juice flavors, yet also complex, with hints of tea leaf, hard spice and turned earth." -Matt Kettmann
91 points - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
"The 2019 Pinot Noir Las Hermanas is laced with the essence of crushed red berry fruit, kirsch, hard candy, sage, tea leaves, rosewater and dried herbs. A healthy dollop (25%) of whole clusters adds aromatic brightness as well as lift. The 2019 is quite attractive, but it is decidedly eccentric and ethereal." -Antonio Galloni
