2018 Ojai Pinot Noir Puerta del Mar Vineyard Santa Barbara County

JD95 One of the standouts, the 2018 Pinot Noir Puerta Del Mar Vineyard comes from a cool, westerly site and there are a tiny 273 cases produced. Gorgeous raspberry and strawberry fruits as well as loads of floral nuances define the bouquet and it’s an incredibly perfumed, complex, yet pretty and nuanced Pinot Noir. With medium-bodied richness, flawless tannins, and an elegant texture, it’s certainly not a blockbuster but just perfectly put together. It’s going to benefit from a year or two of bottle age and cruise for a decade in cold cellars.
VIN94 The 2018 Pinot Noir Puerta Del Mar is so precise, so beautiful. Here the lines are finely sketched, like a pencil drawing. Freshly cut flowers, mint, blood orange, pine and sage give the Puerta del Mar its distinctly bright aromatic profile. Medium in body and bursting with saline-infused energy, the Puerta del Mar is a gorgeous cool-climate Pinot. This is an especially fine edition.
Estate Notes: And like much of Burgundy, this 2018 Pinot Noir is subtle, enticing, and shows a powerful translucent crimson in the glass. The power of fragrance is consuming, with ethereal scents of flowers, strawberries, black tea and chapparal herbs. It glides onto the palate with a supple profile of red stone fruits and rallies some nerve as it segues into racier notes of berries. The wine then fans out into a suave and saline texture dotted with notes of spice, soil and woodsiness—just elegant and stirring as can be.