2016 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard
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Redcurrant and raspberry, black cherry too – certainly delivers on fruit complexity. Oak spice is in ready backup, and the finish has liquorice and aniseed notes. Very soft tannins, zingy acid. (RH)
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
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Medium ruby-purple, the 2016 Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard offers aromas of cranberry jelly, warm blackberries, red currant, licorice, dried earth and roses. The palate is medium-bodied and perfumed with a sturdy frame and seamless freshness, finishing long. 920 cases produced.
Lurid red. Heady, mineral- and spice-accented red and blue fruit, incense and a sexy floral nuance on the seductively perfumed nose. Deeply concentrated yet energetic on the palate, offering intense black raspberry, cherry liqueur, spicecake and candied rose flavors and a building suggestion of Asian spices on the back half. Finishes silky, sweet and extremely long, with resonating floral and spice notes and round, even tannins that lend shape and gentle grip.