
2018 Alesia Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir
The 2018 Santa Cruz Mountains pinot from Alesia is a touch lower in octane than the Anderson Valley bottling this year, coming in at 13.2 percent. The wine is really, really deep and refined on the nose in 2018, offering up a complex blend of sweet dark berries, cassis, espresso, fresh thyme, a fine base of minerality, bonfire, bitter chocolate and a touch of new wood. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and sports outstanding mid-palate depth and transparency, with fine-grained tannins, superb balance and grip and a long, complex and utterly refined finish. This year, the Santa Cruz Mountains have a leg up in the Alesia pinot noir sweepstakes! 2023-2050.
- RegionCalifornia
- AppellationSanta Cruz Mountains