The 1.5 acre block of vines that provided the fruit for this wine is appropriately named after the late Diane Cobb, a licensed nursery specialist who planted 24 relatively unknown Pinot Noir clones in one part of Coastlands Vineyard. Her son, Ross, has made a separate wine from this block each year since 2006. The Diane Cobb block has fertile, deep loam soils, which are reflected in the wine. The 2008 Diane Cobb is quite dark in color with the deep, concentrated fruit. It doesn’t possess the delicacy and elegance of the Emmalines from Cobb, but it is a delicious Pinot Noir. It spent 17 months aging in oak barrels, 40 percent of which were in new French oak. Only 140 cases were produced, with 13.4 percent alcohol. Beware: This wine sells out fast.
