Racines Santa Rita Hills Sainte-Rose Pinot Noir 2019

Racines Santa Rita Hills Sainte-Rose Pinot Noir 2019

the 2014 Proprietary Red IX Estate is an old-fashioned Médoc blend dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon

8 grams per liter of residual sugar

even opulent middle weight plus flavors that possess plenty of tannin-buffering dry extract before concluding in a dusty and palate coating finish that delivers excellent persistence

refined and gorgeously long if markedly firm finish

Sensationally concentrated

The intense and tautly muscular middle weight plus flavors are even more refined if perhaps not quite as mineral-driven while delivering superb length on the balanced but markedly austere finish where a touch of cherry pit emerges

This is a wine of profound elegance and grace

This is very definitely and 'buy and forget it somewhere deep in the cellar' wine

There is very good richness and volume to the sleekly muscular middle weight flavors that possess just enough minerality to notice

Sexy and delicious

The youngest and most backward

but the sweetness and taste of this wine's fruit is akin to a savory blend of a chocolate-covered