2018 Pinot Noir, Deerheart Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mtn
“From a young marine-influenced vineyard that really shows spunk and horsepower. The 2018 is powerful stuff, starting off with slate, laden blackberry bushes, a summer forest hit with sunlight, baking summer weeds on a hillside, and rye bread fresh from the oven. Lovely black raspberry, porcini mushrooms, ripe mission fig and date nut bread show up on the palate, which is blessed with big natural acid and tremendous textural complexity. Sisemore is the only winemaker getting grapes from this rising star of a vineyard, owned by Bob and JoAnn Larson. The site borders La Honda Open Space Preserve and is planted to six different clones. One block is trellised just 18” above the earth to capture the heat reflected from the soil, a common sight in France. This wine was aged for 10 months in once-used French barrels: all its richness is inherent in the fruit.” –Laura Ness/Edible Monterey Bay