California Pinot Noir

Winery Notes. - Hints of blueberries and raspberries backed by notes of flowers and spice. This easy-drinking Pinot Noir is no wallflower. Perfectly balanced and fresh, pair this wine with grilled salmon and red peppers or sauted chicken with rosemary and thyme."

Tasting Notes - Pensively purple in color and alluringly scented with marvelous aromas of juicy black cherry fruit, cocoa and ginger backed by lurking notes of cardamom and violets.

90 pts. Decanter Piquant and delicately oaky red fruit nose, boosted by notes of leather, black cherry, coffee and cedar. The sleek attack is followed by raspberry freshness, ripe dark fruit and a hint of tea leaf. This shows fine complexity and will certainly develop well with time in bottle.

"My favorite of the trio, the 2016 Pinot Noir Silver Eagle Vineyard has a perfumed, spice-filled character as well as awesome kirsch and blackberry fruits intermixed with lots of dried flowers, forest floor, and spice. It's full-bodied, concentrated, has thrilling complexity, fine tannins, and a great finish. This cuvée comes from a site on the Sonoma Coast, was completely destemmed, and spent...

A perfect pairing for roasted pork and mushroom dishes, this Pinot Noir is vinted in the classic California style. With aromatic cherry and pomegranate on the nose and notes of plum and vanilla on the palate, it's a testament to great winemaking.

2017 Gloria Ferrer Etesian Pinot Noir The Etesian wind tempers the warm days of summer in the eastern Mediterranean. Similarly, in California the moderating influence of the Pacific Ocean cools the vineyards of Sonoma, promoting superb natural balance and well-developed flavors in our grapes. The grapes were hand-harvested into small picking bins as not to be crushed. They were then whole-cluster...

Tastings - 87 pts. Dusty dark violet color. Aromas of purple fruits, violet, and anise with a velvety, crisp, fruity medium body and an appealing, medium-length huckleberry, bramble, and root beer finish with silky tannins and moderate oak flavor. A solid, rich and fruity Pinot.

95 pts. Jeb Dunnuck Starting off the Pinot Noirs, the 2018 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley was mostly destemmed and brought up in 31% new French oak. Its ruby/purple hue is followed by a wonderful bouquet of black cherries, darker raspberry, spice, and hints of earth and forest floor. It's a darker, spicy Russian River Valley effort that's medium to full-bodied and has terrific balance, ripe...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocat 94+ Points "This dark plum/ruby-colored wine offers displays crisp acids as well as notes of Chinese black tea and orange rind, and builds incrementally in the mouth to a medium to full-bodied finish. By Marcassin standards, it’s just a brilliant wine rather than a compellingly great one."

Winemaker Notes Mossback is an old fashioned term for farmer. The Mossback wines are built around fruit grown by family farmers in selected California appellations. This Central Coast Pinot Noir has elegant spicy cherry flavors with soft barrel tannins and lingering notes of truffles, strawberry, rhubarb and fresh earth.

94 pts. Wine Spectator Vivid raspberry, pomegranate and rose petal aromas lead to supple and well-built flavors that build richness and vibrancy on a lingering finish. Drink now through 2026.

Black cherry, strawberry, and plum describe the charming flavors of this wine. Skillful cellar techniques provide a long, delicate finish. - Winery

97 pts. Jeb Dunnuck Leading off the Pinot Noirs, the 2016 Pinot Noir Wayfarer Vineyard was completely destemmed and spent 15 months in 45% new French oak. It offers a bright framboise, cranberry, exotic flower, and spice-driven bouquet that carries to a medium-bodied, silky Pinot Noir that has everything in all the right places. Showing more floral, spice, and forest floor with time in the glass,...