2010 Loring Pinot Noir Keefer Ranch Vineyard

One of the highlights among these new releases, the 2010 Pinot Noir Keefer Ranch Vineyard has plenty of textural richness but also maintains lovely aromatic presence. Juicy dark cherries, flowers, mint and spices flesh out on the radiant finish. This is a beautifully balanced, totally harmonious Pinot from Brian Loring. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2014. Brian Loring is a pretty simple person. He makes fruit-forward, juicy wines to drink young, just the way he likes them. An engineer in his former life, Loring has no patience for the imperfections of cork, so everything is bottled under screwcap. A few years ago I was not a huge fan of the Loring wines. I didn’t always think they reflected the personalities of their respective sites, but that seems to be much less of an issue these days. Readers who seek immediacy and exuberance are going to love these wines. Based on the wines I tasted, the 2010s are stronger than the 2011s. Tel. (805) 736-0053