2015 Etude Pinot Noir Grace Benoist Ranch
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The 2015 Pinot Noir Grace Benoist Ranch offers lovely depth in its sweet red cherry and raspberry fruit. Hints game, sage, tobacco and wild herbs, along with slightly coarse tannins, give the wine a slightly rustic edge. The abnormally low yields seem to have produced a Pinot with somewhat rough contours.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Moving to the reds, the 2015 Pinot Noir Grace Benoist Ranch is a deeply colored effort that has medium-bodied notes of red currants, cherries, campfire and forest floor. It has plenty of texture and a charming, rounded, delicious style ideal for drinking over the coming 4-5 years.
Pale to medium ruby-purple in color, the 2015 Pinot Noir Grace Benoist Ranch has a savory, sautéed herbs-laced nose over a core of red currants, cranberries and Bing cherries plus hints of dusty earth and iron ore. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the palate with savory/earthy flavors, framed by chewy tannins and finishing with a lot of interesting layers.