2016 Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict Vineyard
United States
Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Barbara County
California
Red
Pinot Noir
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2020 - 2026
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Gavin Chanin's 2016s are very pretty and expressive wines. In 2016, the wines are built on a sense of translucence and weightless elegance, with a bit less overt textural richness than in some other previous years. Harvest started on August 12, a bit later than 2014 and 2015, but still very early. That precocious start helped Chanin avoid the heat spikes that arrived in September. Chanin told me he makes his Chanin and Lutum Chardonnays more or less in the same style, with no bâtonnage and only about 15% new oak. Stylistic choices are a bit more divergent within the Pinots, which see a bit of whole cluster influence at Chanin and none at Lutum. François Frères is the cooper of choice.
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Ryan Deovlet's 2016s are terrific across the board. The wines perhaps lack a little bit of the density seen in some previous years, but they are all faithful to their origins. As always, the Deovlet wines are very much understated in style. New oak falls in the 15-25% range. The Pinots are done with some whole clusters, but are not excessively stemmy in character. This range is full of highlights, although I admit being especially drawn to the appellation level wines. There is something about the blending of fruit from two or more vineyards that just works.
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