Country: US / Rosella’s Vineyard
Variety: Pinot Noir California
Winery: Testarossa / Santa Lucia Highlands
This Pinot’s immediate lusciousness belies its complexity. Your first impression is of ripe raspberries and cherries that taste like they were baked into a pie. Then layers of minerals, mushrooms, cola and earthier fruits like persimmons and rhubarbs appear, all made brisk by amazing acidity and finishing bone dry. Lovely now and over the next six years, after an hour or two in the decanter.