Chanin Bien Nacido Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley, USA 2021 Plavac Mali Aromas of sandalwood

Aromas of sandalwood

100 Pts  James Suckling

aromas of ripe fruit

The 2016 Nit de Nin Mas d’en Caçador was produced with grapes from 78- to 113-year-old vines in the Mas d'en Caçador vineyard in Porrera

luminous and invigorating while round and luscious at the same time

Chanin Bien Nacido Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley, USA 2021 Plavac Mali Aromas of sandalwoodTheres always tension in the best of Gavin Chanins pinot noirs, the fruit unabashedly Californian in its breadth and generosity, tamed by a sense of the wind and fog glancing off Bien Nacidos slopes. This wine has an angular earthiness revealed when a cool climate pinot is harvested at the exact right time. It carries its sense of place in its texture, a humus like savor and mineral firmness. The dark cherry flavors are reticent, dusty and fine, with