2019 Beau Marchais Pinot Noir Soberanes
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I loved these wines from barrel last year, and they didn't disappoint from bottle. Starting with the Santa Lucia Highlands release, the 2019 Pinot Noir Soberanes Vineyard has a deep, nuanced yet powerful style that offers impressive black raspberry and red currant fruits to go with lots of spice, loamy soil, spring flower, and earthy forest floor notes. Gorgeously textured on the palate, this medium to full-bodied Pinot has ripe, polished tannins, a great mid-palate, and the fruit and opulence to drink nicely today yet also evolve for a good 7-8 years, if you're so inclined.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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I tasted the 2019 Pinot Noir Soberanes Vineyard as a final blend while still in barrel, aging in about 90% new oak. Medium ruby-purple, it's loaded with dark fruits and nuances of bitter chocolate, mint leaves, charcuterie and fragrant earth. In the mouth, it’s medium-bodied with a firm, grainy frame and good freshness, opening up to brighter fruits on the long finish. This is shaping up to be a concentrated, savory and structured Pinot Noir. This is due to be bottled sometime around August 2020.
The 2019 Pinot Noir Soberanes is plush, dark and inviting. Super-ripe dark cherry, plum, hard candy, chocolate, spice and new leather infuse the 2019 with layers of flavor to match its flamboyant personality. This lush, juicy Pinot offers quite a bit of immediacy. Readers will find an especially creamy, plush Pinot that captures the juiciness and sheer allure of Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot.