2014 Etude "Heirloom - Grace Benoist Ranch Estate" Carneros Pinot Noir
94
Jeb Dunnuck
Review Date: 12/2017Similarly colored, the 2014 Pinot Noir Grace Benoist Ranch Heirloom is gorgeous stuff from the Carneros appellation. This deep, rich Pinot Noir boasts tons of currants, smoked earth, dried herbs and floral notes, with more forest floor and autumn leaves notes coming through with time in the glass. Concentrated, layered, and elegant, with fine tannin, it’s a classic, age-worthy Pinot Noir...
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90
Wine Advocate
Review Date: 12/2016
The outstanding potential of the 2014 Pinot Noir Heirloom Grace Benoist Ranch Estate is obvious. This sees about 25% new oak, but it is beautiful with black cherry fruit intermixed with forest floor, a floral note and some loamy soil notes. This is an impressive Pinot Noir... (RP) 90+
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Vinous
Review Date: 10/2016
The 2014 Pinot Noir Heirloom is a collection of nine different clones from two parcels on the ranch. Powerful dark fruit, sweet French oak, game and licorice shape this intense Pinot. There is good depth in the glass, even if some roasted notes and heavy oak toast flavors dominate. All of the 2014 Pinots all show the clear effects of the drought in their intense fruit and structural profiles, but the Heirloom has just enough inner sweetness to balance the intensity of the tannins. (AG)
Product Details
Origin: Carneros, California, United States
Type/Varietal: Pinot Noir
SKU: #1457287