A lean, savory wine with good minerality. The flavors are more of smoked meat than anything else, and there are pretty dried-flower notes in the aroma. This wine is the antithesis of fruit-forward; credit Sandhi co-founders Raj Parr, a sommelier, and winemaker Sashi Moorman for making a wine meant to play along with dinner, not over it.
Sandhi, Sta. Rita Hills (Santa Barbara County, California) Pinot Noir 2010
By W. Blake Gray