Winery - Saintsbury
February 5, 2012
This full bodied but not over the top Chard was a delight. Not too much of anything and just enough of everything this wine paired nicely with goat cheese and smoked salmon spread. I am over high end Chards that go through full malolactic fermentation and it was great to have a high quality chard that does not taste like popcorn.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Saintsbury brings a Pinot Noir-like touch to this Syrah. It’s silky and transparent, with an elegant mouthfeel, but shows Syrah’s weight and depth, with blackberry, blueberry, leather and pepper spice flavors wrapped into sturdy tannins. Drink now.
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Saintsbury Syrah - 2007
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a young wine that will benefit from decanting. Freshly opened, it’s a composite of new oak, citrus and tropical fruit and brisk acidity. Let it breathe and it all mingles together, creating a bright, richly complex Chardonnay. Will hold and improve over the next five years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is one to think about for its complex nature that changes by the moment. On the surface, it’s soft and ripe, with an explosion of cherry pie, strawberry, cola and mocha flavors enriched with the vanilla and smoky caramel of new oak. Yet every sip as it warms in the glass reveals another layer. Gorgeously textured, right up there with the best.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There’s a lilting quality to this Pinot, with its crisp silkiness, and the way the cherry and pomegranate flavors seem to float on the palate, rather than sink into it. Dry and medium-bodied, it has the acids and tannins to improve over the next six years, but if you drink it now decant for several hours.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a pretty good Chard; the grapes come partially from the Upper Barn vineyard, but it’s all mountain-grown, showing concentrated pear, pineapple and peach flavors, with a rich, tobacco herbaceousness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
With this, their large-production Pinot, Saintsbury has produced a nice villages-style wine, a good introduction to the varietal. It’s made for immediate drinking, and is clean and elegant, with dry, crisp cherry, cola and spice flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Grown on the Sonoma side of the appellation, in one of the coolest, windiest parts, this is quite simply a delicious Syrah. The grapes achieved perfect ripeness, yielding immense blackberry jam, cherry, chocolate, tangerine zest, coffee and gingersnap cookie flavors. Yet that coastal acidity is there, scrubbing and cleansing the palate.
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Saintsbury Syrah - 2004
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Not as immediately obvious as the beautiful ’04, this is a more tannic, structured wine, yet it shows the pedigree of the vineyard. Cherry-pie filling, rhubarb, cola and cinnamon spice flavors take over the palate, leaving the impression of balanced, upscale richness in a silky texture. The tannins will be the perfect foil for lamb or veal.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
One of the better rosés out there. Pinot Noir seems to lend itself to blush because it’s a delicate wine to begin with, as rosé should be. This polished wine is dry and crisp, with sophisticated, complex flavors of berries, spices and earth and a light, airy mouthfeel.
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