Domaine de la Côte is one of Rajat Parr’s and Sashi Moorman’s esteemed projects, focused Pinot Noir. Its estate wine, DDLC, is a blend of all of their single-vineyard wines. It is a beautiful wine, marrying old world earthiness with new world fruit. Notes of freshly overturned earth, twigs, and tree moss intertwine seamlessly with red cherries, cranberries, and red plums. The wine is light and ephemeral in the glass, with bright acidity giving way to a lingering finish.
Domaine de la Côte, Sta. Rita Hills (Santa Barbara County, California) Pinot Noir 2020
By John McDermott