Seagrape Wine Company Pinot Noir Huber Vineyard

Peaking now with all structural elements fully integrated. Notes otherwise unchanged from my 2015 bottle.

From magnum. This one is darker than the 2013 I had the other evening. Pretty nose of pure blackberries and blackberries. I get some cardamom too. Palate shows a wonderfully fleshed out wine with tremendous mouth-feel and structure. I get notes of tea leaf, soy and maybe cola. With some swirling I can find some violets and I do love me some violets. Certainly Spring flowers and a day from Spring, they are most welcomed. Tannins seem pretty well resolved …

Big pinot. Fresh black cherry, raspberry and blackberry notes. A bit of cola and spice. Pleasant but I would like to see more earthy notes. Light tannins/acid. Drinking well now, should last another 3-4 years.

Ruby color with lighter rim. Nose: black cherry, pomegranate, boysenberry, and blueberry with accents of violets, cola, cardamon, black tea, bacon, Sichuan peppercorn, and black olive. Medium body on the palate: black cherry, pomegranate, blood orange, and black plum framed by cardamon, cola, black tea, pink peppercorn, dates, and iron minerality. Medium+ acidity. Lighter tannins. Lingering plum skin, black tea, spice, and iron minerality on the long finish. Juicy, plush fruit with exotic spice and a superb core of minerality. …

Big Cali Pinot.

142 cs. made of this bottling. At first PnP & drank over 1 hour during dinner, then slow-ox'd rest for 4.5 hours before we finished bottle off. This is still young & in need of more time to age. Notable bright/sweet red berry fruit, rhubarb, cola, carob, spice, & forest floor/stemmy notes. Abundant acid, sharp fine tannins, tautness in palate and a moderate lasting finish.

Really good. I was surprised at how nice this wine was. On the nose it's all black fruit, balsamic, baking spice, oak, and a touch of forest floor. On the palate, there's all of those elements so the complexity is quite good, but also plenty of acidity. I think the acid is critical here as it provides a great foil to the ripeness. We couldn't detect the 14.6 abv at all. Good finish, nice length and spiciness. I suspect this …

Dark, brooding. Good full bodied ponot

Just all around lovely, nice fruit, plenty of acid for the dinner table. Went great with vegetable enchiladas. I wish I had more bottles.

This still needs time to integrate & drank better on day 2. The nose is full of red fruits- red cherry, red raspberry, cranberry along with a notable oak influence. The palate also has tons of red fruit & noticeable oak, but balanced by medium tannins/acid; a somewhat short finish. Overall not bad, but I would like it much better if it had some earth notes & less oak. That said this is quite young & I look forward to …

Strong medium bodied pinot with nice dark cherry and berry

Pop and pour. I could not drink this because it was corked but continued revisiting to try and get some sense of the wine. There is a lovely floral element hidden behind the corked flavors. Sad.

Popped 2 hours before first pour, consumed over 3 hours. Nose: Medium plus expressiveness, black cherry, black tea and earth. Palate: Medium to full bodied, nice mouth-feel, shows black tea flavors up front with sweet dark red fruit showing up through the mid-palate where it's joined by a little Asian spice kick. The finish is long and quite pleasant. Overall this isn't a complex wine, but everything it does show is positive.

Opened bottle and there were big grape jam favors immediately, but in a great way. Decanted three hours and wine was good, but something missing. Currant and vine on the nose with a rich floral palate, but felt like there was another flavor developing, will check back in on day two. Solid tasting wine but still has a high alcohol heat, I think this is a well done wine that's worth drinking now, may move to something better, but for …