Gap's Crown Vineyard Pinot Noir

Very impressed by this new project w Gavin Chanin as winemaker. Easily best out of a blind tasting of 15 new release Sonoma Pinots we did the other day.

So delicious, but I killed a baby.

2013

Definitely need a moment to catch his breath. It opened up the chewy and savory fruit and wonderful structure, but it actually faded pretty quickly, after an hour the wine started to lose of its life and all of those flavors sort of simmer down into just a good ripe round juicy Pinot. But for about 45 minutes there there’s a window where this wine was absolutely delicious. 

Easy to enjoy this one. Too bad this producer is gone. Tart raspberries with some dusty notes. Nice acidity. Opened up after some time in the glass.

Medium body with good acidity; tart cherry, plum, blackberry with some minerality. I’m a big fan of Gap’s Crown pinots.

Bright and bubbly - gonna let this case rest in the cellar for a while.

Gorgeous. Forrest floor, black tea. Great fruit balance

At Johnny's Half Shell with grilled rockfish and scallops.

Matt had this 4 years ago