2016 Testarossa Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard
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Another forward effort is the 2016 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard which spent. Wild strawberries, cherries, and hints of vanilla all flow to a nicely balanced, silky Pinot Noir that's ideal for drinking over the coming 5-6 years. This is another vineyard in the Santa Lucia Highlands that's been on a roll recently.
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(42% new French oak) Limpid ruby-red. Expansive aromas of raspberry liqueur, vanilla, licorice and potpourri, with hints of smoky minerals and exotic spices in the background. Lush and appealingly sweet, displaying superb depth, velvety texture and sappy red/dark berry, spicecake and floral pastille flavors that show no rough edges. Rounded tannins build slowly and meld effortlessly with the wine's juicy berry fruit on an impressively persistent, floral-tinged finish.