Country: US / Ocean’s Ghost
Variety: Pinot Noir California
Winery: Babcock / Sta. Rita Hills
Entirely off the estate, this polished young Pinot offers a complex mélange of flavors, in a balanced structure. The tastes of root beer, red currants, licorice, gingersnap cookie and sweet oak are frankly delicious. Fine now, and should peak by 2010, then hold for several more years.