Ross Cobb has been using the 2-acre Joy Road Vineyard, along with the Jack Hill, since 2007. It is located very close to Coastlands Vineyard, around Occidental. Compared to the delicate Emmalines, Joy Road is too fruity and a bit too hot on the palate (for my taste, at least in this vintage) because of the 14.1 alcohol. It is certainly a bigger wine than the other Cobb Pinot Noirs from the 2008 vintage. It spent 17 months aging in oak barrels, 35 percent of which were in new French oak. 280 cases were produced.
Cobb Wines, Sonoma Coast (Sonoma County, California) Pinot Noir 2008
By Ed McCarthy