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2012 Talley Stone Corral Pinot Noir

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December 17, 2023 - $36

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RATINGS

95The Wine Advocate

Another rock-star Pinot Noir from this estate...has thrilling purity and elegance in its black cherry, spring flowers, rose petal and damp underbrush-like aromas and flavors. Possessing medium-bodied depth and richness, integrated acidity and a seamless, silky, hard-to-resist profile...

92Wine Spectator

A supple, elegant, graceful style that combines rich layers of plum, cherry and subtle earth and hints of violet and black tea. Most impressive on the finish, where this glides along.

91Burghound.com

...good volume and intensity to the agreeably textured and generously proportioned medium weight flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract before concluding in a complex, balanced and slightly less structured finale. This is lovely with fine persistence...

90Vinous / IWC

...terrific. Black cherry, plum, mocha, spice and leather are some of the many notes that flesh out in this deep, resonant Pinot Noir...full of energy and explosiveness.

PRODUCER

Talley

Talley Vineyards is a 177-acre estate in the southern part of San Luis Obispo County, on the Central California Coast. The family-run winery produced its first commercial vintage in 1986, but the Talley family has been involved in agriculture in the area since 1948, when Oliver Talley founded Talley Farms and started growing vegetables. Oliver’s son Don planted the family’s first wine grapes in 1982 and a state-of-the-art winery was completed in 1991. Today the third generation of the family is part of the business. Talley Vineyards produces 30,000 cases annually and most of it is Chardonnay or Pinot Noir. Talley wines earn glowing reviews and Wine Advocate has noted that “Talley remains one of the great estates in California that has yet to be fully discovered.”

REGION

United States, California, Central Coast, Edna Valley

Edna Valley AVA is within San Luis Obispo County, and within the large Central Coast AVA. Edna Valley became an AVA in 1982 and it includes 22,400 acres of extremely fertile land blessed with a long growing season. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are the principal grapes, though Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Albarino, Grenache, Viognier, Merlot and Petite Sirah also are grown. Spanish missionaries were growing grape vines in the Edna Valley in the 18th century, but the valley’s modern wine industry took off in the 1970s. Today there are more than 50 Edna Valley wineries.

TYPE

Red Wine, Pinot Noir

This red wine is relatively light and can pair with a wide variety of foods. The grape prefers cooler climates and the wine is most often associated with Burgundy, Champagne and the U.S. west coast. Regional differences make it nearly as fickle as it is flexible.