2014 Paul Lato Pinot Noir Suerte Solomon Hills Vineyard
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From a top site in the Santa Maria Valley that's just to the southwest of Bien Nacido, the 2014 Pinot Noir Solomon Hills Vineyard Suerte comes mostly from clone 115, but has 25% each from 667 and 777. Aged 15 months in 75% new French oak, it's another lighter colored beauty that offers upfront, fresh and fruit-driven notes of strawberries, framboise, violets and spring flowers. Elegant, layered, pure and with good acidity and fine tannin, it's already hard to resist, yet should evolve nicely on its balance.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate
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The 2014 Pinot Noir Suerte Solomon Hills Vineyard is beautifully layered and nuanced throughout. Sweet red cherry, plum, spice, mint, lavender and rose petals give the 2014 much of its translucent, detailed personality. All the elements come together nicely in an attractive, mid-weight Pinot that balances the juicy Solomon Hills fruit character with lovely precision.