Flowers Pinot Noir Sea View Ridge 2016
Pinot Noir | US
For 30+ years, Flowers has been making benchmark Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. We are floored to have a small allocation to offer you (this is often allocated mostly to restaurants) at THE lowest price in the country. As you might imagine, there’s very little to be had...please get clicking if you love Flowers as much as the rest of the world does!
Bing cherry, sweet cranberry, baking spice...it’s all there, singing the extremely high quality of the excellent 2016 vintage. First come, first served…!
94 Jeb Dunnuck -
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In the same ballpark quality-wise, the 2016 Pinot Noir Sea View Ridge Vineyard offers more smoked red and black fruits as well as some marine characteristics, spice, and ample brambly herbs. A richer, medium to full-bodied, flamboyant wine, it still has a terrific sense of elegance and purity. Aged 15 months in 25% new French oak, drink it over the coming 7-8 years.
94 Wine Enthusiast -
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This is an intriguing and excitingly exotic red, delicately layered and balanced in freshness. It opens in crisp blueberry and orange-zest characteristics seasoned in baking spice and cardamom, finishing with as much elegance as it begins.
93 Wine Spectator -
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Pure and powerfully juicy, with concentrated red plum, currant jelly and dried strawberry flavors that are well-framed by toasty notes. The supple finish offers vibrant minerality. Drink now through 2023.
93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
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Pale ruby-purple colored, the 2016 Pinot Noir Sea View Ridge slides seductively out of the glass with floral notions of of red roses, lilacs and potpourri with a core of black cherries, black raspberries, underbrush and kirsch plus hints of black tea, wild thyme and unsmoked tobacco. Medium-bodied, fine, refreshing and delicately styled, it has a wonderfully plush frame and long, fragrant finish.
92 Vinous -
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The 2016 Pinot Noir Sea View Ridge is endowed with lovely energy and vitality. At present, though, the 2016 is a bit reduced, and needs a good bit of air to show at its best. Crushed red berry, mint, chalk, white pepper and blood orange give the 2016 a bright upper register, as well as tons of sheer appeal.
- BlendPinot Noir
- CountryUS
- RegionCalifornia North Coast
- AppellationSonoma Coast
- VineyardSea View Ridge
- Alcohol13.5%
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