2014 MIRA “STANLEY RANCH” CARNEROS PINOT NOIR

With two decades of experience at one of the top wine Estates in the world, along with a history of making exceptional wines, winemaker Gustavo Gonzalez has everything it takes to create incredible wines.  He’s responsible for crafting the 2001 Tenuta dell’Ornellaia “Masseto” which received 100 points from Wine Spectator and was described as possibly the best Tuscan red ever... For this wine, he calls on everything that he’s learned over the course of his winemaking career, and channels it into creating a single vineyard Pinot that exudes value and absolutely has to be tasted to be believed…  And the vineyard? You might recognize Stanly Ranch from high-scoring, single-vineyard Pinots made by Saintsbury, Cherry Pie, and Merryvale to name a few.

Cut from the historic Stanly Ranch Vineyard on the Eastern side of the Los Carneros Appellation which was originally planted in 1870, this Pinot has terrific intensity, focus and plenty of fruit.  It has all of the components necessary to be something outstanding and our panel was thrilled with the quality at this modest price point.

This one will go fast today…