BLUE FARM PINOT NOIR KING '13

BLUE FARM PINOT NOIR, KING RIDGE VINEYARD, FORT ROSS-SEAVIEW SONOMA COAST 2013

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94 Points

From a two-acre site at 1,110-feet elevation only five miles from the Pacific Ocean, this wine opens as if it were a lovely, expansive rose garden, so fragrant and intensely earthy. Built with sizable tannic structure and toasty oak, it features burly waves of spicy acidity and warm baking spices, exhibiting both tension and grace. Drink now through 2023.

NVWE Notes: This is a gorgeous Pinot Noir with a great future. The nose is a plush melange of dark cherry, black cherry, sour cherry, pomegranate, strawberry, violet, pink peppercorn, sumac berry, star anise, sandalwood and humidor-spice. It is both more expressive and more notably youthful on the palate, where tannin, zest and strong mineral notes create a platform for brightly-etched, lingering sour red cherry, red raspberry, whortleberry, strawberry, violet, dried red rose, sumac, pink peppercorn, sandalwood, tobacco and hazelnut nougat flavors. If impressive now with seared duck breast and the like, it will want five years or more to reveal all of its myriad charms. 220 cases produced.