Parducci Small Lot Pinot Noir 2018
-
Wong
Wilfred -
Enthusiast
Wine
Product Details
Your Rating
Somm Note
Winemaker Notes
Mouth filling, ripe and generous, this medium to full-bodied wine packs a lot of flavor into a big but soft frame. Black cherry, blueberry, and a hint of chocolate provide plenty to appreciate while mild tannins and soft acidity keep the structure gentle. Aged in a combination of French and American oak.
Produced in a "California Certified Sustainable Winery" (CCSW).
Professional Ratings
-
Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: In a Cabernet-centric wine society, wine drinkers sometimes forget that one of Pinot Noir's best attributes is elegance. The Parducci Small Lot is been exemplary in this respect. The 2018 vintage continues this trend. TASTING NOTES: This wine is delicate, persistent, and crisp. Enjoy is tasteful red fruit and mineral notes with fresh salmon sushi handrolls. (Tasted: December 17, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
-
Wine Enthusiast
Great acidity and lively red-cherry and raspberry flavors light up this wellbalanced and full-bodied wine. Light but firm tannins boost the mouthfeel and keep the impression fresh through the finish. Best Buy
Other Vintages
2022-
Enthusiast
Wine
-
Enthusiast
Wine
-
Panel
Tasting -
Wong
Wilfred
-
Enthusiast
Wine -
Panel
Tasting
Internationally recognized for gorgeous, pure fruit combined with great elegance, California Pinot noir thrives among the state’s cooler, coastal zones. Characterized by eclectic flavors and aromas of strawberry, black cherry, plum and potpourri with notes of forest floor, mushroom or black tea, the best California Pinot noir boast a supple texture and good acidity, giving them the ability to improve with age.
Credited with the beginning of Pinot noir’s glory in California, two growers, Joe Rochioli and Joseph Swan in the late 1960s independently planted Pinot noir vineyards in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. Today Sonoma County remains the leading producer of Pinot noir in the state, and Pinot noir is the leading red grape in the county, achieving its highest potential, in the Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast.
Other coastal appellations where Pinot noir flourishes include Carneros, Anderson Valley and most of the Central Coast.