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2018 Racines, Sanford & Benedict Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, California, USA

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready - at best (Drink 2021 - 2031)
Matthew Luczy
95/100
Antonio Galloni
95/100
Product: 20188049809

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2018 Racines, Sanford & Benedict Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, California, USA

Description

This is silky, polished and stately. A blend of one block planted in 2008 as well as a portion of the original 1973 plantings, it both amplifies the style found in the Tyler bottling and supplies a greater level of nuance and character. The higher percentage of stem inclusion, new French oak and time in barrel that sums up the Racines style, all come together perfectly to show off a dark, more brooding character from this timeless, definitive vineyard.

Drink 2022 - 2045

Matthew Luczy, Decanter.com (July 2020)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2018
Alcohol % 13.5%
Maturity Ready - at best (2021 - 2031)
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Racines Wines

Critics reviews

Matthew Luczy 95/100

This is silky, polished and stately. A blend of one block planted in 2008 as well as a portion of the original 1973 plantings, it both amplifies the style found in the Tyler bottling and supplies a greater level of nuance and character. The higher percentage of stem inclusion, new French oak and time in barrel that sums up the Racines style, all come together perfectly to show off a dark, more brooding character from this timeless, definitive vineyard.

Drink 2022 - 2045
Matthew Luczy, Decanter.com (Jul 2020)
Antonio Galloni 95/100

The 2018 Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict is just stunning. Bright, translucent and exquisitely layered, the Sanford & Benedict is magical. All the elements come together in the glass. The purity of the flavors is striking, but everything about the 2018 works. Sweet red berry fruit, mint, spice, blood orange and rose petal all develop with a bit of air, but more than anything else, it is the wine's balance that is so compelling.

Drink 2022 - 2033
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Aug 2020)

About this wine

Sta. Rita Hills

Sta. Rita Hills

Sta. Rita Hills is one of California’s most compelling cool-climate regions, celebrated for its Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, which are renowned for remarkable precision and poise. Nestled between the Purisima and Santa Rosa Hills, its east–west valleys funnel ocean breezes and fog inland, creating a long, temperate growing season that shapes wines of freshness, structure and unmistakable character.

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