Racines, Sta. Rita Hills Sanford & Benedict Vineyard Pinot Noir

Racines, Sta. Rita Hills Sanford & Benedict Vineyard Pinot NoirThe 2017 Racines Wine Co. Sanford & Benedict Vineyard Pinot Noir is sourced from three separate parcels, and includes a portion of the original, own rooted vines planted in 1971. The nose is classic Sanford & Benedict, combining freshness of fruit with crushed stones and an airy texture. Flavours of orange rinds and red plum skins segue into a finish that takes a few seconds to really set in and show itself. As with the rest of the Racines wines,

but promises great aging potential

with graphite

dark and red berry fruit

What impresses me most about the 2009s is the elegance of their tannin

black raspberry

This is quite an elegant wine with lovely harmony and strikingly good balance

full-bodied palate has a firm

The bouquet here is nuanced and delicate with an evident mineral signature that is followed by ever-increasingbut extremely elegant throughoutberry fruit and blue flower aromas

The palate is medium to full-bodied with gorgeous plush tannins and balancing freshness supporting the boldly spicy black fruit preserves

supported by sophisticated tannins and simply gorgeous purity of expression on the terrifically long finish

the 2014 Proprietary Red needs a little coaxing to reveal slowly unfurling notions of warm black cherries

there is still a trace of reduction which leads to somber