The 2015 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills also over delivers. Coming from the Rancho La Viña vineyard and brought up in French oak, it gives up a beautiful bouquet of black cherries, currants, and cassis, with background licorice and spice developing with time in the glass. With medium to full-bodied richness, terrific purity of fruit, and an elegant, seamless profile, it will drink nicely for upwards of a decade or more.

The 2015 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills is medium ruby-purple colored with a red currant, red cherries and black raspberries-scented nose with cinnamon stick and cardamom nuances. Medium to full-bodied, it's soft, fruity and fresh in the mouth with a long finish.- LPB

Cinnamon, star anise and strawberry aromas show on the nose of this appellation blend. The palate carries flavors of dark pomegranate and black raspberry, bound together with a tightly wound acidity and layered with mossy earth elements. MATT KETTMANN