• Sea Smoke 2018 Ten Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills, California
  • Sea Smoke 2018 Ten Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills, California
2018 Ten Pinot Noir

Sea Smoke

Santa Rita Hills, United States

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A brooding and intense Pinot Noir from one of the top producers in Southern California

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About This Wine

Sea Smoke

Ten Pinot Noir

Sea Smoke's "Ten" is named for the ten different Pinot Noir clones planted in their estate vineyard, which all find their way into this bottling. It is always a brooding and intense wine. This vintage is no exception; firm, mature tannins, evidence of Ten's age-ability, deserve Pinot Noir collector's dedication to ensure every vintage of this wine is in their cellars. The wine has candied cherry and darker berry aromas that meet with star anise, crumpled purple flowers, and crushed slate on the intoxicating nose of this bottling from the estate biodynamically farmed monopole vineyard. This is a wine worth seeking out and cellaring for a few years.

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Sea Smoke 2018 Ten Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills, California

Wine Region

Santa Rita Hills

Santa Rita Hills has such a different climate from the surrounding Santa Ynez Valley that it became its own AVA in 2001. Sitting on the west side of Highway 101, Pacific winds blow dense fog into the narrow valley and drastically lower its temperatures. With steep, rocky slopes on either side of the river, this cool climate area is perfectly suited to producing fine Pinot Noir. You can also find stellar examples of Chardonnay and Syrah in the Santa Rita Hills. The local Santa Rita Hills Wine Alliance throws a three-day festival each year to commemorate the movie "Sideways," part of which was filmed here.

Flavor Profile

Pairs well with… Roasted Duck, Wild Game, Mushroom Risotto

Body 3 Acidity 2Sweetness 1Fruit Intensity 3Tannin 3

Tasting Notes

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Intense acidity and lavish tannins make for a simultaneously bright and rich expression on the palate, where black cherry and black raspberry are lofted by cardamom and mace.