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2021 Clarice Wine Company Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir (Screwcap)

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased direct from winery; Consignor is original owner

Ends Sunday, 7pm Pacific

RATINGS

93Vinous / IWC

...bright, nervy and beautifully focused. Crushed rose petals, mint, sage, dried herbs and anise are finely delineated in this classy, mid-weight offering from Adam Lee.

93James Suckling

This has a beautifully aromatic nose of dried oranges, rose hips, redcurrants, slate, chocolate and cinnamon. Fresh and tight, with precise tannins and a medium body. Very fine.

93Jeb Dunnuck

...beautiful perfume of ripe raspberries, redcurrants, sassafras, and minty herbs. It's medium-bodied and slightly mid-weight, with a lively, elegant mouthfeel, supple tannins, and a vibrant spine of acidity.

91Wine Enthusiast

Slate and soil meet with dark red cherry and minty chaparral on the nose of this appellation blend. Baking spice and oak-toast flavors greet the palate, which is grippy in texture around the dark cherry fruit flavors.

16.5Jancis Robinson

Smells of cherries, green herbs and dried flowers. Fine-grained, muscular tannins wrap around a core of cherry, raspberry and dried, aromatic herbs. Excellent acidity gives the wine a brisk freshness, even as the herbal qualities add a mintiness to the finish, demonstrating the substantial portion of whole-cluster fermentation.

REGION

United States, California, Central Coast, Monterey, Santa Lucia Highlands

Santa Lucia Highlands AVA is a 12-mile long, narrow strip of an appellation wedged along the eastern hillsides of the Santa Lucia mountain range. Given its proximity to Big Sur and the Gabilan Mountain Range to the northeast, Santa Lucia a cool-climate wine growing district. Morning sun is often followed by maritime winds and fog in the afternoon, a weather pattern that prolongs the growing season and means long, gentle ripening of the grapes. Spanish missionaries planted vineyards in the district in the 18th century, but it wasn’t until the 1970s that modern winemakers planted vineyards and began making high quality wine. The district received AVA status in 1991 and today there are 6,000 vineyard acres in the Santa Lucia Highlands. Pinot Noir is the dominant grape planted, followed by Chardonnay and Riesling.

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.

VINTAGE

2021 Clarice Wine Company Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir (Screwcap)