Like the Griotte this is an overtly robust and powerful wine that will require an even longer snooze in a cool cellar
crushed herbs and notes of red and black cherries
integrated acids give this very lush
a monumental paradox of tense freshness
fleshy and ripe but missing the complexity of its peers
Peake Ranch, John Sebastiano Vineyard Pinot Noir Size:12x750ml Like the Griotte this isA barrel sample, the pale to medium ruby purple colored 2018 Pinot Noir John Sebastiano Vineyard opens with a pow! on the youthful nose, giving up aromas of violet, lilac, fresh blueberry and boysenberry jam with cinnamon, orange peel, macerated strawberries, baked rhubarb and dried red cherry plus dried leaves and dusty earth accents. Medium bodied, it offers oodles of perfumed, purely defined fruits with grainy textured tannins and lip smacking