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2020 Racines Wines, Sainte-Rose Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, California, USA

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready - youthful (Drink 2023 - 2031)
Jancis Robinson MW
17/20
Antonio Galloni
92/100
Clive Pursehouse
94/100
Product: 20208068251

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2020 Racines Wines, Sainte-Rose Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, California, USA

Description

French for Santa Rosa, and Santa Rosa Road in particular, this wine is a blend of four of the region’s most iconic vineyards: La Encantada, Domaine de la Cote, Sanford & Benedict and La Rinconada, 2020 is the inaugural edition of this gorgeous wine—aromatics of fresh smashed raspberries, lavender and notes of crushed stone. The palate is a homage to the Burgundian style, emphasising minerality and florals, berry fruits, and savoury garrigue. Red and blue fruits intertwined with clove, thyme and pine tar carry this wine to a savoury, concentrated finish.

Drink 2023 - 2031

Clive Pursehouse, Decanter.com (August 2023)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Alcohol % 13%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2023 - 2031)
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Racines Wines

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 17/20

Proprietary name. One-third whole bunch. This blend follows the US model of barrel selection. So this is from the best barrels or rather the ones that go together best. 3,000 bottles produced.

A little more tension than the regular bottling, and really very nice. Ripe but not sweet.

Drink 2023 - 2029
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Aug 2023)
Antonio Galloni 92/100

A dark, brooding Pinot, the 2020 Saint Rose offers up copious black cherry, plum, mocha, leather, liquorice and spice. The Saint Rose is essentially a barrel selection from the same sites that inform the appellation wine. I find this a bit heavy and oaky for my taste.

Drink 2023 - 2030
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Aug 2022)
Clive Pursehouse 94/100

French for Santa Rosa, and Santa Rosa Road in particular, this wine is a blend of four of the region’s most iconic vineyards: La Encantada, Domaine de la Cote, Sanford & Benedict and La Rinconada, 2020 is the inaugural edition of this gorgeous wine—aromatics of fresh smashed raspberries, lavender and notes of crushed stone. The palate is a homage to the Burgundian style, emphasising minerality and florals, berry fruits, and savoury garrigue. Red and blue fruits intertwined with clove, thyme and pine tar carry this wine to a savoury, concentrated finish.

Drink 2023 - 2031
Clive Pursehouse, Decanter.com (Aug 2023)

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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