- Certified Sustainable
- 100% Pinot Noir
- Rosemary’s Vineyard (Arroyo Grande Valley AVA)
- Rosemary’s Vineyard is climatically the coolest vineyard owned and farmed by the Talley Family
- Lopez Very Shaly Loam
- Hand harvested at night
- Destemmed and fermented in small open top bins with native yeast
- Aged in 35% new French Oak barrels for 16 months
- Bottled without fining or filtration
- 13.7% abv
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2021
Country:
United States
Region:
California
Appellation:
San Luis Obispo Coast
Variety:
Pinot Noir
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Certified Sustainable
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | US-TAL-41-21 | 6/750ml |
Press & Reviews
Vinous
Score
94
Date
2023-09-01
"The 2021 Pinot Noir Rosemary's Vineyard is a classy, elegant wine. Bright red-toned fruit, cinnamon, dried leaves, tobacco and orange peel are beautifully lifted. Translucent and super-expressive, with tons of energy, the 2021 is absolutely compelling. It's a terrific wine from Brian Talley."
Wine Enthusiast
Score
94
Date
2024-03-01
"Enticing red cherry and pomegranate aromas gain depth from the fennel pollen and crushed thyme elements on the nose of this single-vineyard expression. The palate is tense and snappy with bright acidity, as raspberry flavors meet with wild mint and light tarragon."
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
93
Date
2023-08-30
"The 2021 Pinot Noir Rosemary's Vineyard is a step up and has a beautiful nose of ripe framboise, spring flowers, black tea, and leather. As with all of the Pinot Noirs here, it plays in the medium-bodied, elegant (at times mid-weight) style of the estate, but the balance is spot on, it has beautiful tannins, and a great finish. This incredibly seductive, elegant 2021 will evolve for at least a decade."
Wine and Spirits
Score
92
Date
2023-10-01
"Warm with scents of jasmine petals and creosote, this is tense and dark in its black-cherry, dark plum and black-soil flavors. It,s velvety and deep, a comforting, earthy red for braised duck. ‡P.J.C."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2022
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
96
Date
2024-08-15
"Lastly, the 2022 Pinot Noir Rosemary's Vineyard is the most mineral-laced and savory, with savory raspberries, dried strawberries, crushed stone, and floral, spicy aromas and flavors. Brought up in 39% new barrels, it's medium to full-bodied, has a pure, graceful texture, ripe tannins, and a great finish. It will benefit from just a year in bottle and drink beautifully for a decade."
2022
James Suckling
Score
94
Date
2024-09-12
"Especially smooth, rounded and melted in texture, this gorgeous wine is steeped in ripe red and black fruit on a full body. Great choice when you want a luxurious, mouth-filling wine that remains well-balanced by good acidity and moderate tannins. Keeps opening up in the glass, making you want to keep sipping. Made from the Wadenswill clone. Sustainable. Drink now or hold."
2022
Wine Enthusiast
Score
94
Date
2025-03-01
"Rich aromas of toasted nuts and woodspice pair with baked plum and light game on the nose of this single-vineyard expression. The palate shows a slightly gamy touch as well, with flavors of sagebrush, berry and plum rising into a peppery finish. — Matt Kettmann"
2022
Vinous
Score
93
Date
2024-08-15
"The 2022 Pinot Noir Rosemary's Vineyard is a deep, beguiling wine. Black cherry, clove, tobacco, dried herbs and lavender add to an impression of somber intensity. This dark, brooding Pinot has plenty to offer. I especially admire its textural density and overall persistence."
2022
Wine Advocate
Score
93
Date
2024-07-18
"The 2022 Pinot Noir Rosemary's Vineyard is the most aromatically developed Pinot Noir of the range, showing vibrant, polished red fruit aromas framed with judicious new oak and lifted top notes of dried herbs. Similarly, the texture is a beautiful combination of alluring, tensile and agile, displaying solid precision and clarity through the medium-bodied palate. The finish is direct and structured, showing a framing of chewy, new-oak tannin that could use a year or so to integrate."
2022
Jancis Robinson
Score
17.5
Date
2023-06-22
"Light ruby with garnet highlights. Smells of raspberry and dried herbs. Silky flavours of raspberry, redcurrant, sour cherry and dried herbs have fantastically bright acidity and lightly grippy tannins. Dried herbs and citrus peel linger in the finish. (AY) 13.7%"
2020
Vinous
Score
93
Date
2023-09-01
2020
Wine and Spirits
Score
92
Date
2023-04-03
2020
Wine Enthusiast
Score
92
Date
2022-12-31
2019
Vinous
Score
96
Date
2022-04-26
2019
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
95
Date
2021-11-30
2019
Wine Enthusiast
Score
90
Date
2021-12-31
2018
Vinous
Score
96
Date
2021-01-01
2018
Wine Enthusiast
Score
93
Date
2021-03-01