2017 Ferren Wines Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast
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Ferren has produced an exciting lineup in 2017, apparent even at the appellation level with this 2017 Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast. Pale to medium ruby in the glass, it offers open-knit aromas of cranberry sauce, blackberries and rhubarb with accents of blood orange, oolong tea leaves and Angostura bitters. The palate is featherweight, silky and bright, with concentrated, bitters-laced flavors and a long, uplifted finish. It's drinking wonderfully straight out of the gate.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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Moving to the reds, the 2017 Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast comes from a mix of the single vineyard releases and spent 18 months in just 20% new French oak. Awesome notes of kirsch, wild strawberries, toasted spice, and flowery incense all emerge from the glass, and this beauty is supple, medium to full-bodied, and seamless on the palate. While it's a big wine, it stays beautifully balanced and elegant.
The 2017 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) is a pretty, open-knit wine to drink now and over the next handful of years. Sweet tobacco, cedar, exotic spice, earthiness, mint, dried flowers and dried cherry all open up in the glass. There is plenty of depth, but I would prefer to drink the 2017 sooner rather than later.