Tyler Pinot Noir Santa Barbara County

Cinnamon cherry pie nose. 14 months in barrel. Cocoa and English breakfast tea. Black pepper midpalate.

drank at jan and maria's. nice. don't remember much ;-) would drink again.

Tyler tasting room : Tart cherry and fig fruit with touches of earth and spice throughout. Good depth with nice balance and acid. Polished tannin and a full finish. Very nice.

World Of Pinot Noir Grand Tasting- 3/2; 3/2/2013-3/4/2013 (Shell Beach, CA) : Nicely balanced with cherry, mineral, spice and earth throughout. Fine tannins and sharp acid with a full finish. Well rounded and drinking well.

Big orange and orange peel on the nose and palate, balanced tannins to acid, warm earth with strong tart cherry.

Medium dark ruby color; appealing, roses, ripe cherry, baked raspberry nose; nicely textured, rich but poised, roses, ripe cherry, baked raspberry, lightly saline, mineral palate; medium-plus finish

Ruby color. Nose: strawberry reduction, ripe red plum, and maraschino cherry with accents of rose petals, pink peppercorn, forest floor, and vanilla wafer. Medium/lighter body on the palate: strawberry candy, ripe red plum, and blood orange framed by rose tea, vanilla wafer, dried maple leaf, pink peppercorn, cream, and a hint of graphite. Medium+ acidity. Lighter tannins. Lingering dried maple leaf, pink peppercorn, and plum skin on the moderate/long finish. Gorgeously feminine PN with ripe red fruit and subtle complexities. …

2012 In Pursuit of Balance Tasting (Julia Morgan Ballroom, Merchants Exchange Building, San Francisco, California) : Medium cherry red color; floral, roses, orange nose; ripe cherry, floral palate with a sense of orange, appealing, light bodied, for early drinking; medium finish