Kendall-Jackson Jackson Estate Outland Ridge Pinot Noir 2014
Anderson Valley, Mendocino County, California, United StatesI am pleased to see this wine just settling into itself a half year down the road. The KJ style is unapologetically hedonistic, but it is clear over the last half decade they are toning down the richness in a manner that will appeal to both the pinot sniffers and those who are okay with the a fuller, mouth-filling pinot style. This has nothing to do with Burgundy, but everything to do with the Anderson Valley and the wild Sonoma Coast. The nose is a mix of raspberry, pepper, smoke, blueberry, mocha with a savoury undercurrent of celery salt, plus vanilla aromas. The attack is clean, fresh, juicy and elegant but with intensity and more peppery, savoury, herbal, compost before a vanilla, licorice finish. The fruit is grown in Mendocino County's Anderson Valley’s along a high eastern ridge, on broken rock in thin, powdery soil similar to a Goldridge classification. Remote, distant, yet memorable. Bring on the duck, quail, turkey and smoked meats. Impressive.Tasted: 21 February 2018Tasted by: Prices:
BC
$56.99
750ml
private wine shops
QC
$44.99
750ml
SAQ
Producer: Kendall-Jackson Vineyards and WineryDistributors: Summit Fine Wines Grape: Pinot NoirUPC: 081584003199
Kendall-Jackson Jackson Estate Outland Ridge Pinot Noir 2014
Anderson Valley, Mendocino County, California, United StatesThe Kendall Jackson style is always hedonistic, but it is clear over the last half decade they are toning it down in a way that will appeal to both the pinot sniffers and those who are okay with the richer, mouth filling style. This has nothing to do with Burgundy but everything to do with the Anderson Valley and the wild Sonoma Coast. The nose is a mix of raspberry, pepper, smoky, blueberry, mocha with a savoury undercurrent of celery salt, plus vanilla aromas. The attack is clean, fresh, juicy and elegant but with intensity and more peppery, savoury, herbal, compost notes with a vanilla, licorice finish. The fruit is grown in Mendocino County's Anderson Valley’s along a high eastern ridge, on broken rock in thin, powdery soil similar to a Goldridge classification. Remote, distant, yet memorable. Bring on the duck, quail, turkey and smoke meats.Tasted: 31 August 2017Tasted by: Prices:
BC
$56.99
750ml
private wine shops
QC
$44.99
750ml
SAQ
Producer: Kendall-Jackson Vineyards and WineryDistributors: Summit Fine Wines Grape: Pinot NoirUPC: 081584003199
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