2013 Cherry Pie Pinot Noir Stanly Ranch
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Woodbridge’s Midas touch with Cabernet Sauvignon also extends to his Pinot Noirs. He makes three of them – two from the Sonoma Coast and one from the Southern Napa Valley site called Stanley Ranch that was often used by Berringer. The 2013s are all brilliantly packaged with a gorgeous picture of a cherry pie on the label. The 2013 Cherry Pie Pinot Noir Stanly Ranch is a hefty Pinot at 15+% natural alcohol, but exhibits delicious kirsch liqueur notes, roasted herbs, spice box and medium to full-bodied fleshy and succulent fruit and texture. It is a sexy, endearing style to drink over the next 5-7 years.
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A new cuvée, the 2013 Huckleberry Snodgrass Pinot Noir from Russian River looks stronger than the 2012 Carinalli, so perhaps Woodbridge has a new source of even better fruit. This wine shows terrific blueberry, black raspberry and floral notes, a medium to full-bodied mouthfeel, good acidity and excellent delineation and precision. Drink it over the next 4-5 years.