Au Bon Climat Santa Maria Pinot Noir 2022From the Santa Barbara County Classics range from Au Bon Climat. Winemaker and owner Jim Clendenen has been making Pinot Noir, with Santa Barbera grapes since 1982. Championing the variety in the area long before it was popularised by the hit film Sideways in 2004. Au Bon Climat describes their Pinot Noir as a homage to the red wines of Burgundy. There is elegance and restraint in their production. But this is an intense wine, deeply coloured with

Morello cherry and blackberry

sandy and rolled pebbles for the second

and passionfruit

Aromas of black cherries and bitter peels

with an extremely long finish and tense acidity maintaining freshness

hints of violet

fruit characters

This Oloroso undergoes oxidative ageing for 12 years in Bodega La Campana in Jerez de la Frontera

Fresh Sauvignon with floral and grapefruit notes

with juicy red and black fruit framed by granular

the Frey family established themselves in Dambach-la-Ville in the 18th century with aspirations of vine cultivation

Founded by Dermot Sugrue