The Rita’s Crown Vineyard was sold three years ago from William Hill to Sea Smoke and is located adjacent to the Mount Carmel Vineyard and is a steep hillside with silty ocean floor soils with diatomaceous earth. The brightness and salinity on the nose entices as the wine engages with black and red fruits that mingle with spice box undertones. The palate shows good freshness and a wonderfully soft texture. Black tea, exotic spices, blackberry and shades of cran-pomegranate combine with the diatomaceous earth undertones. While this is drinking beautifully now, this complex and delicious Pinot Noir will cellar well for a decade or more.
Rating | Value | Drink |
93 |
$65 |
2019-2029 |
Country | Region | Appellation |
United States |
California |
Sonoma County |
Editor | Issue | Importer |
O. Bargreen |
September, 2019 |
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