Red Wine from Santa Rita Hills

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: Light raspberry-sorbet notes meet with fresh fennel fronds, pepper and cinnamon on the nose of this bottling from Chad Melville and family. It's tight and tart on the palate, with dried cranberry, pine needle and...

Wine Spectator, 91 points: Starts trim and focused, and then the fruit accelerates and expands, with a burst of spicy raspberry, fresh earth, wilted rose and black licorice. The texture smoothes out, but this is appealing for the zesty personality...

View From The Cellar, 94 points: (94+) The 2014 Sanford and Benedict bottling of pinot from Sandhi is truly a stunning young wine. The very complex nose wafts from the glass in a complex blend of dark berries, black cherries, a complex base of soil...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: The silky and finesse-oriented 2014 Pinot Noir Terraces (60% destemmed and aged 14 months in neutral oak) offers tons of dried flowers, spice, red currants and sweet cherry fruit in a medium-bodied, nicely textured and...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: Lots of red flowers, from roses to hibiscus, show alongside plump candied red cherries, exotic Asian spice, black tea and hearty chaparral herbs on the nose of this bottling. The palate is heavy with bay leaf, thyme and...