Testarossa, Doctor's Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands

Fruity, velvety. Devine!

Nose: [60°] Soft, dark cherry cola with an earthy and fresh forest floor with a bit of funk , undergrowth, gooseberry and a bit of worn leather. [64°] The funk blows off with some time, the deep soil introduces some chocolate and maybe a bit of meatiness (maybe, it's a hard call). Palate: [62°] Dark red fruits, similar cherry cola from the nose (and kinda prickly), deep and damp dark soil, pleasantly bitter tannin mid-palate like steeped tea, tree bark …

Nose: Dark fruits like a vivid, carbonic ripe black cherry, there's some gooseberry, a gentle clean barnyard earthy funk, dried grass/hay and a touch of dried oak. Palate: Intense, prickly dark fruits, bitter earthened minerals, dark deep earth, a slight carbonic sensation on the palate. Finishes with some wet river rocks and wet earth. Clear, medium ruby. Dry with light amounts of fine, smooth tannin. Medium to slightly medium-plus body with medium to medium-minus acidity. Decent finish of about 12 …

Nose: Carbonic tingle, dark red cherries and bright red cranberries from above, slight cola nose and slight funk as you come closer to the glass, and forest floor, more of the same funk and some oak as you go into the glass. Palate: Savory minerality, steel (like from those steel barrels), slightly bitter oak, and similar red fruits as the nose. Vivid, medium Ruby. Dry with low amounts of soft, smooth tannins. Medium to medium plus body with medium acidity. …

Just what the Doctor ordered!

Nose: Cherries, light strawberry, slight oak (that becomes more pronounced with time), some grass and slightly dried hay along with topsoil. With some time in the glass, notes of vanilla appear. Palate: Red fruit up front with slight bitter minerality, some soft oak.. finishes with some deep earth on the back palate. Like the nose, some vanilla also comes through with some time in the glass. Clear, and slightly light ruby. Dry with low, soft tannins. Medium to medium-plus body …