2019 Racines, Sanford & Benedict Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, California, USA

This is the most floral-suffused wine of the three pinots with more spice wisps on the elegant, cool, airy essence of red berry fruit aromas. There is fine volume to the intense and solidly concentrated flavours that are shaped by relatively fine-grained tannins on the compact, youthfully austere and dusty finale. This sneaky long effort is noticeably backward and a wine that is definitely going to require at least some patience. Lovely and worth considering.Drink from 2027 onwardallen_meadows, burghound_com.com (April 2022)

The 2019 Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict is a powerful, brooding wine. The high percentage of stems (75%) undoubtedly adds savoury intensity but also masks some site character. The 2019 is a gorgeous wine, but it is also austere and not an especially typical expression of this site. I hope to have a chance to taste it in a decade.Racines is the Sta. Rita Hills project headed by Etienne de Montille, Rodolphe Péters and Justin Willett. The wines are deep, layered and, not surprisingly, super-expressive with regards to site. The Pinots in particular tend to show notable breadth from a combination of a high percentage of stems, classic winemaking and relatively long aging of around 19 months in barrel.Drink 2024 - 2039antonio_galloni, Vinous.com.com (June 2021)