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2019 Doctor's Vineyard Pinot Noir
Santa Lucia Highlands AppellationWinemaker Tasting Notes
"Very dark red hue. Intense scents of sage, roasted cherry, violets, and jasmine. With some aeration, notes of boysenberry and cherry cola round out the profile. Once on the palate, these characteristics wrap around creamy oak. With silky smooth texture, this wine segues to a supple, bright, and decadent finish. On day two, the wine continues to blossom beyond it’s beautiful start. Enjoy now through 2030." ~ Bill Brosseau, Director of Winemaking
Price: $76.00
Doctor’s Vineyard is located at about 350-540 ft. in elevation and has a Southeastern exposure. Testarossa currently receives 40 of the 194 acres of Pinot Noir planted at Doctor’s. The vineyard was originally planted in 1991 and Testarossa’s blocks include more than 10 different Pinot Noir clones. Doctor’s Vineyard is owned by the Hahn Family and is certified sustainable.
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Production Data
Winemaker: Bill Brosseau
Appellation: Santa Lucia Highlands AVA
Elevation/Exposure: 350 – 540 feet; Southeast
Vineyard Age: 28 years
Viticulture Practice: Sustainable (SIP Certified) / 50% of our blocks farmed organic
Vinification: Destemmed, fermented in stainless steel
Cooperage & Ageing: 20 months in 100% French Oak, 54% new
Production: 54 barrels
Composition: 100% Pinot Noir
Acidity: 3.38 pH, 6.94 TA (g/L)
Alcohol: 14.3%
Harvest: September 25th, 2019, hand harvested
Club Release: November 2021
Drink Now through 2030
94 points, Antonio Galloni's Vinous
"Glistening ruby-red. Incisive, intensely perfumed Chambord, blood orange, boysenberry, exotic spice and cola scents show superb clarity and mineral lift. Sappy and energetic on the palate, offering sweet red and blue fruit preserve, spicecake and candied lavender flavors that deftly blend power and delicacy. Closes extremely long and silky, with reverberating spice and floral notes and polished tannins adding subtle grip. 54% new French oak."
93 points, Wine Enthusiast
"Pomegranate, hibiscus, light bay leaf and dried sage show on the nose of this bottling from a vineyard located toward the southern end of the appellation. There’s ample tension to the sip, giving depth to the dark-plum, crushed pomegranate and light pepper-spice flavors."
93 points, Anthony Dias Blue
“Lush color, spicy nose, deep, rich and long with ripe cherry fruit, balanced and long.”
92 points, Connoisseurs' Guide
“Immediately suggesting a fair sense of extract by way of its darker appearance that is confirmed by its concentrated aromas of black cherries, savory spice and slightly loamy soil and its relatively dense, like-minded flavors, the latest of Testarossas’s Doctor’s Vineyard offerings is a solidly structured young Pinot Noir of considerable substance and fruity muscle. If not so tough as to preclude drinking over the next couple of years, it is a wine of fine potential that will reward patience, and we strongly urge that it be allowed to rest in the cellar for a good half-decade or more.”
92 points, PinotFile
“Moderately dark garnet color in the glass. The nose features aromas of earthy flora, cherry compote and petrol. An easygoing wine in a middleweight style with earth-toned flavors of dark cherry and purple berry with a good dose of spice. Well-crafted in a dusty, rustic tone with a modestly long finish.”
91 points, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
“Medium ruby, the 2019 Pinot Noir Doctor's Vineyard has reticent touches of earth, dark spice, dried citrus and bay leaves on the nose with a core of dark berry fruit. The medium-bodied palate is grainy and fresh with layered flavors and a long, spicy finish.”
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