Kutch, Signal Ridge Pinot Noir, Mendocino Ridge

My last bottle, unchanged from previous bottles. PnP, beautiful aromas of black cherry, blackberry, anise, herbs, floral, forest floor, spice, light oak, and vanilla. Loaded with flavor in this medium bodied Pinot. Not heavy. Black cherry, black berry, anise, herb, forest floor, cedar and vanilla. well balanced with a smooth long finish

2018 vintage

PnP, beautiful aromas of black cherry, blackberry, anise, herbs, floral, forest floor, spice, light oak, and vanilla. Loaded with flavor in this medium to full bodied Pinot. Not over extracted or heavy. Black cherry, black berry, anise, herb, forest floor, cedar and vanilla. well balanced with a smooth long finish

2018 vintage

Medium red; nose a bit unyielding, some spices; a fine restrained attack, followed by a full middle where the fruit is coming browsing at you; appears quite young / unfinished although well tasting

2016 vintage

Garnet color and just a touch thin across the tongue. Nice cherry fruit, tart at the end, and some strawberry on the second day. Earthy secondary notes that reclaim the finish from tartness. Well done restraint. 11/22/2024 Noticed a lot of strawberry this time, and cranberry more than tart cherry. Forest floor finish. Might have rated it higher if this had been my first bottle. 6/9/2025 My notes this time reflect more along the lines of the first bottle I …

2016 vintage

PnP, beautiful aromas of black cherry, blackberry, anise, herbs, floral, forest floor, spice, light oak, and vanilla. Loaded with flavor in this medium to full bodied Pinot. Not over extracted or heavy. Black cherry, black berry, anise, herb, forest floor, cedar and vanilla. well balanced with a smooth long finish. Really good now,

2018 vintage

First wine after being sick for three weeks. I concur with Brada's note below. Really soft. I also get rose and tart berry. It reminds me of a cru Beaujolais, actually. Maybe that's the sans soufre effect. Super interesting expression of the Kutch Sonoma Coast wines.

2016 vintage

Pop and pour. Grassl Cru glass. Nose offers brown spice, earthy forest floor and macerated cherries. With time open, shows fresh red berries. Nice bright tight intro with good acidity that then fans out with sour cherry, cranberry and a woodsy herbal note. Has a fresh grapey thing on the finish. Enjoyable. Second day after saving half under Vacuvin, this shows a more floral note o. the nose and the finish. Some more snappy cranberries on the intro. Branded cork …

2016 vintage

Medium ruby in the glas. Red fruit, vanilla and something floral on the nose. Dry. Nice acidety. Medium body. Red fruit, earthy-notes and oak on the palate. Marzipan and caramel. Long, vanilla, exit. BftB🍷🍷

2018 vintage

Blindsmakt på Norvald. Klar fin Pinot lukt og frukt med passe fylde muden frukt fin syre. 550,-

2018 vintage

Very young and needs at least a 1 hour decant to show well. Very aromatic showing black cherry, blackberry, anise, herbs, floral, forest floor, spice, light oak, and vanilla. layers of flavor in this medium to full bodied Pinot. Not over extracted or heavy. Black cherry, black berry, anise, herb, forest floor, cedar and vanilla. well balanced with a smooth long finish. Really good now, but should only get better with time.

2018 vintage

Fresh style. Minerals, raspberries, perfumed,good structure.

2018 vintage

On the nose-Big bold black cherry, blackberry, dark blueberry, licorice, game, wild herbs, wild red flowers, forest floor, chicory, baking spices, oak, vanilla On the palate- Big bold black cherry and blackberry, dark blueberry and licorice, game notes and wild herbs, wild red flowers and forest floor, chicory and baking spices, oak and a hint of vanilla on the finish. This wine is big and rustic and brooding on the nose and palate. This wine need all of its close …

2018 vintage

Opened, poured half into a decanter. Enjoyed the remainder over two days. Initially tasted with food (pap al pomodoro soup, and salmon cakes, in case you were wondering). Dark garnet color. Nose offers grape, blackberry and spice notes. Hint of herbal/whole cluster. Rich grape profile with blackberry and a vibrant tangy cranberry crunch. Nice fresh and mouth watering finish.

2016 vintage

Interesting mint and menthol on the nose, very cool. This is a light bodied and mild fruit with a touch of stem on the finish. More reserve than the others. Probably needs cellar time.

2018 vintage

Tasted as part of the Kutch Zoom we did with Jamie this week. As part of the Zoom, I tasted all 4 wines (2018s--Trout Gulch Chard, Signal Ridge PN, Bohan Graveyard PN and McDougall PN). I treated all 4 wines the same way: opened day of the event at Noon, then tasted at 330PM...then again during the event a few hours later...and then finally, retested once more the following day at Noon. Three experiences, with the final tasting having the …

2018 vintage

A real beauty and 12% wowser. Dark, subtle cherry, trail dust, kitchen spice, a super pleasing swallow. What more could one ask from this super friendly (food friendly, too) wine? Great job Kutch team!

2016 vintage

Really sublime... a Burgundian style wine with a nose of rose petal, soft palate that shows lingonberry and a touch of acid. Quite pure across the tongue, a slight pierce as it flows down the gullet. This should continue to evolve, I would not hesitate to cellar for another 3-5 years. Bravo Jamie!

2016 vintage

Cherry, some cocoa, and earthy notes on the nose. Slight whiff of alcohol and some spice. Med body, med acid not much tannin and not much of a finish, felt like it was lacking a bit as it was pretty straight forward with some cherry, cola, a bit of earthy and spice notes but not much finesse. Not sure if this is the profile of this particular vineyard as I don’t have much experience with it but likely wouldn’t seek …

2016 vintage

Digging this tonight. Perhaps not the most complex, but love the purity of fruit... a lot of cranberry to start, plenty of strawberry notes too. Bright acidity. Like it a lot.

2016 vintage

Bright mineral pinot berry aromas, purple floral fog, with undertones of mocha and baking spice. Sweet bright salty fruit on the palate with a generous acid spread in a broad tannic frame.

2016 vintage

lean medium bodied, interesting bouquet of red cherry grape skins and flavors of black raspberry and some plum with savory and spice in the finish.

2016 vintage

Drank @ Office Xmas Party

2016 vintage

Opened and decanted. Left for about 30 minutes before tasting. Kind of a cloudy crimson. Not fully bright. Not super concentrated. Nose is fascinating. You have to dig the schnoz in there to get all of it, but it has cherries and anise on top but deep spice notes. Allspice, cardamom, bay leaves, and Christmas spices. On palate - wine is sound. Medium acid, medium tannins, medium-low alcohol. Wine is juicy and spicy. Acidic and stemmy, sappy attack that settles …

2016 vintage

Kutch and Model Farm dinner at my place in the OC (My House In The South OC) : Red fruited, with acidity yet it lacks the definition of the other wines on the table tonight, which probably made it stand out to me as unlike the others. Seems a bit roasted to me and cedary. I really have a hard time getting my head around Signal Ridge. In sum, I seem to like the wine much better in July when …

2016 vintage

I really like this one, I'm a fan of strawberry and there's a shot on the nose and palate. Add in cranberry following the attack and you have a tasty wine. This comes from the highest vineyard in Medacino. The mouthfeel is gentle and comes across as feminine. Light white chalk note at finish. I like it.

2016 vintage

July 2018 Kutch Visit (Jamie's Pad in SFO) : Last tasted this a year ago from tank, just prior to it being bottled. I find the aromatics at this stage still shy, with a brisk cherry, raspberry, strawberry and a lightly jammy purity into the finish. The acidity is zippy, with the wine at this stage showing a good red-fruited spine. It's interesting as a # of the Kutch wines we tasted with Jamie have this gentle purity of fruit …

2016 vintage

At the pop it was an unruly child with a tart red berries and fruits taste that was not helped with a lite effervescence. After 5 hours the tartness mellowed , and the exuberant youth took a nap. The wine was refreshingly different in that it was fresh, lively, and enjoyable.

2016 vintage

Tasted from a tank sample, this is the final blend, which was just built and was being readied for bottling. This wine is made from a vineyard that is nearly 3000 feet up on the Mendo ridgeline. Very aromatic, with a light stem note. Red apple, raspberry, a bit creamy with a wild, sauvage quality. I really like SR.

2016 vintage

Tasted this earlier in the year, it showed similarly again. This is Bohan fruit done with a carbonic method. Approachable, smooth, fresh with enough structure to make the wine finish well.

2016 vintage

Re-post to correct the vintage: Popped and poured this after giving it a couple of months rest In the cellar. It immediately shows bright raspberry and red cherry fruit, along with bright, balanced acidity and a mineral core. Overall it's very drinkable, in fact slurpable, now. Having never had a sans soufre California Pinot, I am not exactly clear on how to handle it over the near term, but the overall freshness is compelling now.

2016 vintage

Kutch 2015 Lineup (Maro Grill, Laguna Beach) : I thought this was Gamay. Looks like it and taste like it. Others did as well. Nose is candied and it's light bodies. Color is an interesting cloudy magenta, different than the other PN's. Wine dances on the tongue, very distinct. Good mineral note and fine rounded tannic structure.

2016 vintage

2015 Kutch Wines....Done Blind With The Gang (Maro Wood Grill in Laguna Beach, CA) : Served blind, as part of our detailed look at all of the Kutch 2015s. This was a 2016, the only on the table, and randomly I placed this in the center slot in terms of when we tasted it. So, it kind of sat center of the tasting flight, with the 2015s on either side of it. This matters because this wine was the least …

2016 vintage

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