This wine is a great example of a down the middle Monterey Pinot Noir. It shows cherry, rhubarb, soft oak toast and cinnamon spice, with zippy acidity keeping it all together through a long finish. I would age this a little to fully integrate the oak. A Platinum Award winner at the 2021 Sommelier Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition.
Metz Road, Monterey (California) Pinot Noir 2019
By Rich Cook