Belden Barns 2013 Estate Grown Pinot Noir (Sonoma Mountain)

Country: US

Province: California

Region: Sonoma Mountain

Variety: Pinot Noir

Winery: Belden Barns

Points: 84

Taster: Virginie Boone

This wine is tightly wound and thickly colored. Full bodied in style, it shows plenty of oak influence, aged in entirely French oak for 16 months, 42% of it new. Cranberry and sour cherry dominate in terms of fruit, with an underlying agenda of clove and tea.