2018 Pinot Noir Bob's Ranch
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The 2018 Pinot Noir Bob's Ranch has slowly unfurling scents of blackberry jam and cranberry sauce with notions of forest floor, black tea leaves and cola. Medium-bodied and silky, it's mega spicy in the mouth with a great balance of bright fruit and earth character, and it finishes long and uplifted. 1,483 cases produced.
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I was able to taste two Pinot Noirs from Walt for this report. Starting with the 2018 Pinot Noir Bob's Ranch, it was mostly destemmed (95%) and spent 10 months in 45% new French oak. It offers an outstanding bouquet of bright black cherry and mulberry fruit intermixed with Asian spices, violets, and pine/foresty notions. Ripe, medium to full-bodied, and beautifully textured, this terrific Pinot Noir has plenty of classic Sonoma Coast complexity and elegance and will keep for 5-7 years.