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> 2004 Vista Verde Vineyard Pinot Noir
2004 Vista Verde Vineyard Pinot Noir
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Winemaker's Notes
Scents of ripened wild cherries, rose petals, violets, mocha, minerals and exotic spice come through in the nose of this wine. It shows rich structure and good balance with overall concentration and depth of fruit. Sweet red fruits, notes of earth and a long, lingering finish complete this wine. It needs time to mature in the bottle.
Winemaker Bob Cabral
Awards and Reviews
2003 Vista Verde Vineyard Pinot Noir
Very ripe and wide open with lots of very well-defined cherries showing in its succulent, sweetly spiced nose, this wine starts out wonderfully in the nose, but its flavors do not show quite the layering and depth of the winery’s very best. That said, it is a tasty and highly commendable Pinot Noir with immediate appeal to spare, and we recommend drinking it up over the next couple of years as its more-structured siblings slowly come fully of age.
Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine, February 2006 - 90 Points
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Detailed Wine Information
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| Appellation: | Central Coast |
| Special Designation: | Vista Verde Vineyard |
| Vineyard Notes: | Vista Verde Vineyard is located a couple miles southeast of Hollister, California, near the small town of Tres Pinos in San Benito County. This heavy limestone vineyard is separated into blocks that include clones such as Calera, Canada, and Pommard.
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| Vintage Notes: | For this wine, Bob selected hand-made French oak barrels, with medium-plus toast. The wine was aged for 15 months in Francois Freres oak barrels, 63% new oak, 37% one-year-old.
14.1% Alcohol, 0.57g/100ml TA, 3.61 pH
Released Fall 2006
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| Year: | 2004 |
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