Big Basin Vineyards Pinot Noir Coastview Vineyard Monterey County 2013 750 ML

Introduction

The wine expresses the crushed rocks of the decomposed quartzite/granite and limestone soils of the vineyard on the nose, along with a perfume of blood orange, pomegranate, crushed flowers and hints of framboise and anise. Tightly structured now in its youth, it is a wine built for aging and will benefit from decanting. As it opens up, it reveals a wonderful vibrant sappy red fruit that continues in a long cascading finish. Producer Information Located in the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Big Basin Vineyards is terraced into a steep hillside first planted to grape vines by French immigrants over 100 years ago. Their winery and the vineyards they work with are located at sites in the Santa Cruz and Gabilan Mountains that are as beautiful as they are exceptional for grape growing. They farm organically and practice minimal-intervention winemaking with the goal of producing wines that transparently and authentically express site and variety. Big Basin believes that their choice of vineyards, picking at the right time to retain intensity and elegance, and minimalistic winemaking practices are the keys to producing more aromatic and ethereal wines – new world wines with old world soul. Owner and winemaker Bradley Brown has been on a 20 year quest to produce beautiful and soulful wines. Winemaker Blake Yarger joined the team in 2017 and together they are always fine tuning practices to more transparently express the vineyards.