Country: US / Hat Trick Double L Vineyard
Variety: Pinot Noir California
Winery: Morgan / Santa Lucia Highlands
Morgan’s Hat Trick Chardonnay, from his own vineyard, was a hit right out of the block. Now, so is his Pinot Noir. It’s elaborately flavored, a fairly soft, full-bodied wine that’s stuffed with pastry-filling cherries, blackberries, currants and raspberries, with exotic additions of kumquats, cola, red licorice and vanilla. This extraordinarily complex wine should change in interesting ways over at least the next six years.