Chanin, Santa Barbara County, Los Alamos Vineyard, Pinot Noir 2011
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We’re thrilled to have the inaugural vintage of the ‘Los Alamos Vineyard’ Pinot Noir on San Francisco Chronicle’s Top 100 list for 2013. This is the third year in a row one of our wines has made the list, and it’s a huge honor!
Check out Jon Bonné’s full article and list of wines online.
2011 Chanin Los Alamos Vineyard Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir ($48, 13.62%): His Chardonnay talents are such that Gavin Chanin’s Pinot Noirs often occupy the background, but his work with this parcel north of the Purisima Hills – well known to Au Bon Climat fans – shows just how much we still have to learn about Santa Barbara’s Pinot geography. It’s a less flourishy style, but full of deep damson plum flavors, plus dark mineral, fenugreek and a zesty Seville orange bite. Pure, intense stuff.
Gavin Chanin made four of the best 2011s I tasted. The only problem is finding the wines, as production is Burgundian scale, which is to say anywhere from 2-8 barrels for each of these wines. Readers who can find a few bottles won’t be disappointed, as the wines are truly magnificent. Chanin favors a pretty straightforward approach that starts in the vineyard and finishes with wines that see minimal handling in the cellar. Each year I have been deeply impressed, but the 2011s really do seem to take things to another level. Chanin’s Chardonnays and Pinots are a pure joy to taste.Sweet, perfumed and utterly impeccable, the 2011 Pinot Noir Los Alamos Vineyard stands out for its fabulous harmony. It is a rare wine that is both aromatically expressive, yet also radiant on the palate. All the elements meld together in this drop-dead gorgeous Pinot from Gavin Chanin. Hints of autumn leaves, sweet red berries, licorice and dried flowers wrap around the finish. July 2013
Vivid red. High-pitched aromas of fresh red berries, rose and allspice, with a mineral topnote. Juicy and precise, offering intense strawberry and bitter cherry flavors complemented by deeper anise and cola nuances. Pure and energetic on the subtly tannic finish, which clings with impressive authority and length. 12/2012
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