{"id":217,"date":"2008-04-23T17:18:06","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T01:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/23\/great-pinot\/"},"modified":"2008-04-23T19:48:24","modified_gmt":"2008-04-24T03:48:24","slug":"great-pinot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/23\/great-pinot\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Pinot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Williams Selyem Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winemaker Cabral can be modest as his Pinots do the talking, with a worldwide fan base. This wine is Pinot Perfection!, the essence of red fruits served on velvet. P&B in Healdsburg 14.3% 70 at Traverso’s though probably gone. Williams Selyem<\/a><\/p>\n

LaFond Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pierre LaFond has been a pioneer in this region before it gained international fame. This is a budget offering to show the appellation. It’s a bit restrained and was at a disadvantage in this flight. P&B in Santa Barbara 13.8% $19.69 at Bottle Barn LaFond<\/a><\/p>\n

Sapphire Hill Russian River VAlley Sapphire Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim has been hitting home runs with his Pinots and Zins and this one shined when we opened a bottle last week There’s some evolving complexity of dried fruits and earthiness that adds interest. 14.4% $39.95 at Traverso’s Sapphire Hill<\/a><\/p>\n

Moshin Vineyards Russian River Valley Estate Bottled Family Reserve 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rick Moshin is making great Pinot yet is still riding under the radar. This wine is kissed by the sweetness of oak. Crafted in Healdsburg 13.3% $44.99 at Bottle Barn Moshin<\/a><\/p>\n

Davis Family Russian River Valley 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n

Davis has been making some great Pinot and this was a star in a flight last week. Toasty with a nice streak of acidity gives this wine a liveliness in the mouth. V&B in Sebastopol 14.1% $39.95 at Traverso’s Davis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Williams Selyem Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2006 Winemaker Cabral can be modest as his Pinots do the talking, with a worldwide fan base. This wine is Pinot Perfection!, the essence of red fruits served on velvet. P&B in Healdsburg 14.3% 70 at Traverso’s though probably gone. Williams Selyem LaFond Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,76,27,71,25,200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-pinot-noir","category-russian-river-valley","category-santa-barbara-county","category-sonoma-county","category-sta-rita-hills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}