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San Benito County

Central Coast AVA is a huge wine producing area that extends from Santa Barbara County in the south to San Francisco in the north. With more than 100,000 vineyard acres, it includes parts of six counties near the Pacific Ocean. Nearly 20 smaller AVAs lie within the Central Coast AVA. Central Coast earned appellation status in 1985. Included in the appellation are parts of the counties of Contra Costa, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz. Nearly every grape varietal grown in California is grown somewhere in the Central Coast AVA, though Chardonnay accounts for nearly 50% of the entire wine grape crop.

2020 Williams Selyem Vista Verde Vineyard Pinot Noir

1980 Calera Jensen Vineyard Pinot Noir

Lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; 3 cm ullage; light label condition issue

2007 Calera Mills Vineyard Pinot Noir

1.5ltr

RP  95   
WE  94   
WS  91   
VN  91   

2011 Calera Mills Vineyard Pinot Noir

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; heavily elevated cork; signs of past seepage; 5.5 cm ullage

VN  93   
WA  92   
WS  90   

2009 Calera Reed Vineyard Pinot Noir

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; 3.5 cm ullage; signed by the winemaker

WA  93   

2009 Calera Reed Vineyard Pinot Noir

1.5ltr

3.5 cm ullage; signed by the winemaker

WA  93   

2009 Calera Ryan Vineyard Pinot Noir

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; 3 cm ullage

WA  93   
VN  92   

1993 Pietra Santa Vineyards Sassolino

Label condition issue

2002 DeRose Negrette

2018 Benevolent Neglect Enz Vineyard Zinfandel