2015 Pinot Noir “Seabiscuit” Zotovich Vineyard Santa Rita Hill
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The 2015 Pinot Noir Seabiscuit Zotovich Vineyard is open-knit, medium in body and quite gracious, as wines from this sandy site often are. Kirsch, hard candy and lifted floral notes all develop in the glass. In 2015, the Seabiscuit veers toward the riper, more candied end of the flavor spectrum.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2015 Pinot Noir Seabiscuit Zotovich Vineyard has a pale ruby-purple color and fragrant scents of kirsch, mulberries and raspberry leaves with hints garrigue, lavender and fallen leaves. Medium-bodied, soft, fresh and elegant, the palate delivers a great intensity of red berry and earthy notions, finishing on a lingering mineral note.
One of the more Burgundian in style, the 2015 Pinot Noir Seabiscuit Zotovich Vineyard (15 months in 60% new French oak) is one of my favorite Pinot Noirs in the vintage. Concentrated, layered and ethereally textured, this balanced and pure Pinot Noir has ultra-fine tannin and offers beautiful aromas of framboise and blueberry fruits, flowers, violets and blood orange. Incredibly elegant and seamless, it's pure class. Drink it anytime over the coming decade. Paul Lato is unquestionably one of my favorite winemakers in the Central Coast, and I continue to love his wines. While I found 2015 to be a difficult vintage, you wouldn’t know it by tasting through this lineup.