Thank you, Adam. I really appreciate your input a...

2009-07-08T12:07:30.718-07:00

Thank you, Adam. I really appreciate your input and clarifications. I prefer your RRV and SLH Pinots but I have yet to taste any of your other Sonoma Coast Pinots. Hope to do that some day soon. Anyways, the Sonatera was the winning wine at our tasting, so thank you!

Thanks for tasting our Sonatera Pinot Noir. FWIW,...

2009-07-08T02:59:15.367-07:00

Thanks for tasting our Sonatera Pinot Noir. FWIW, the wine is dry (there isn't the residual sugar that you mention). The alcohol is fairly high, however, so perhaps that is what is causing you to taste sugar. The TA (titratable acid) is pretty high at .79 but the pH is also high at 3.72.

In any case, the Sonoma Coast was somewhat different than much of CA in 2005 in that the yields were exceptionally low, actually too low, causing sugars to rise faster than flavors. Thus I think many of the wines from the coast in 05 are bigger than their Russian River counterparts.

Adam Lee/Siduri Wines

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Thank you, Adam. I really appreciate your input a...

Thanks for tasting our Sonatera Pinot Noir. FWIW,...