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91POINTS
16¾/20
Brewer-Clifton Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2016
Santa Rita Hills, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, United StatesThe style is in-your-face pinot with full-on fruit aromas and flavours. It may be intense from a European standpoint, but it is restrained by New World standards. The nose is a dusty mix of sandalwood, brown spices, and tea leaf undercut by an earthy/forest floor, raspberries and pomegranate. The fruit rests in all neutral barrels; stems are an essential part of the structure and earthy characters of the Sta. Rita Hills fruit. Warm, mouth-filling and ready for rich duck or pork dishes. Drink o hold through 2023. The Brewer-Clifton pinot is an assembly of three Sta. Rita Hills AVA sites: 3D (Swan, Pommard and 667 clones), Machado, and Hapgood (Merry Edwards clone).Tasted: 24 June 2019Tasted by: Prices:| BC | $43.99 | 750ml | BCLS |
| AB | $37.50 | 750ml | private wine shops |
| US | $49.00 | 750ml | srp |
Grape: Pinot NoirCSPC: 256622UPC: 748252065797
