Vineyard: Highlands Ranch

Articles mentioning wines produced from this vineyard

Sips of Recently Tasted Pinot Noir & Chardonnay (11.13 11/12/2017)
Recently Tasted California Pinot Noir (10.43 11/30/2016)

Wineries sourcing from this vineyard

Mignanelli Winery
Luli

Reviewed wines produced from this vineyard

2015 Luli Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

14.0% alc., $21 but often discounted to $17.99. Master Sommelier Sara Floyd teams with California’s Pisoni Family to make this wine. Doctor’s, Highlands, Montelinda and Leavens vineyards. 12% whole cluster. Oak barrel aged and bottled unfixed and unfiltered. · A tasty core of black cherry and black raspberry fruit is framed by smoky oak. Silky in the mouth, with balanced tannins in a mid weighted style, with a short, but pleasurable finish. Better over time in the glass as the oak overlay fades. Rare to find a Pinot Noir of this quality for under $20. Score: 89. Reviewed November 12, 2017 WINERY » ARTICLE »

2014 Mignanelli Highlands Ranch Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

14.2% alc., $32. An 18- acre vineyard planted in 2001. Native fermentation, 40% whole cluster with hand and feet punchdowns. Clones are 115, 667, 777 and Pommard. Aged in French oak barrels on the lees, 20% new. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. · Moderately dark reddish purple color in the glass. The nose evolves over time nicely, offering scents of briery black cherry, game, rose petal and vanilla. Modest in weight, with flavors of black raspberry, black plum, blackberry and tobacco. The whole cluster contributes more to the nose than palate, but does not generate unwieldy tannins. The wine picks up approachability and finishing intensity over time in the glass. Score: 90. Reviewed December 1, 2016 WINERY » ARTICLE »