2018 Lincourt Rancho Santa Rosa Pinot Noir, Sta. Rita Hills · 미국

This wine is dominated by mouth-watering notes of ripe red raspberry and maraschino cherry. Inspired by Burgundian style, it delivers a lean body and pronounced acidity with black pepper on the finish. The 2018 vintage kicked off with an extremely unusual heat spike in February that sent the vines into a rapid, early start but was quickly followed by a cold spell. Frost events had longer duration than prior years and the season continued its cold to moderate temperature pattern through May. The first pop of real heat finally arrived mid-June and temperatures remained moderate the rest of the growing season allowing the grapes to gradually ripen. We started picking 3 weeks later than typical but the rich flavor profiles were worth the wait.