2021 Soberanes Vineyard Pinot Noir
Santa Lucia Highlands Appellation
~Bill Brosseau, Director of Winemaking
94 points, Antonio Galloni's Vinous
"The 2021 Pinot Noir Soberanes Vineyard is wonderfully complex and dynamic in the glass. Dried herbs, lavender, mocha, plum and macerated cherry fruit build nicely. Medium in body and enjoyably layered, with fine balance, the Soberanes has plenty to offer. Bright, vibrant acids linger effortlessly. The ethereal finish is just sublime."
93 points, Wine Enthusiast
"Elegant layers of rose oil, strawberry schmear and dusty mints are attractive on the nose of this bottling. The palate tightens up around fresh flavors of strawberry, pomegranate and light herb."
93 points, John Gilman
"The 2021 Pinot Noir “Soberanes Vineyard” bottling from Testarossa is also crafted from fairly young vines, as this vineyard was planted thirteen years ago. It comes in at 14.2 percent octane, was completely destemmed and raised in fifty-seven percent new oak during its fourteen months in cask. The wine is nicely red fruity in personality, offering up a complex nose of cherries, pomegranate, a touch of beetroot, graphite, dark soil tones, woodsmoke, espresso, peonies and a suave touch of new oak. On the palate the wine is precise, full-bodied, focused and complex, with excellent depth at the core, fine soil signature, ripe, seamless tannins and a long, seamlessly balanced, complex and very promising finish. This is one of the more structured single vineyard bottlings from Testarossa in 2021 and it will need its proper period of hibernation in the cellar before it starts to drink with generosity, but it is going to be a first class bottle of pinot once it is ready to drink. (Drink between 2033-2075)"
93 points, James Suckling
"Bright and savory with redcurrants, sour cherries, red licorice and orange peel. Medium-bodied and sleek, but structured and compact. Fresh and crunchy red berries with hints of dried herb and citrus undertones. Drink or hold."
91 points, Allen Meadows, Burghound
"The pure essence of red cherry is complemented by a panoply of both spice and floral elements. A highly seductive, even quite sophisticated, mouthfeel is present on the vibrant middleweight flavors that are not quite as dense or powerful but they’re finer still, all wrapped in a dusty, balanced and moderately austere finale that could also use better depth so a few years of keeping should prove beneficial."
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