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Comartin Cellars
| Owner(s) | Adam Comartin, Jennifer Comartin |
| Web site | www.comartincellars.com |
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A boutique winery founded by Adam and Jennifer Comartin, a side project producing small lots of Grenache, Rhone blends, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. Adam is the assistant winemaker at Testarossa Vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He is a graduate of UC Davis (2004) who developed an interest in Grenache while working in the Barossa Valley of Australia.
Production is very small.
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Reviewed Wines
2015 Comartin Cellars R-Bar-R Ranch Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir
14.4% alc., 50 cases, $29.99
(SRP is $55 on website). Vineyard is located at 1,100 feet elevation at the southern tip of the Santa Cruz
Mountains. Adam Comartin is the winemaker. A puzzling wine for me as Wine Enthusiast awarded this wine 94
points. The winery has been highly praised for a number of varietal releases so I was curious to try this wine
that I purchased.
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Moderate garnet color in the glass. The nose reveals piquant aromas of tobacco, hot smoke
and toast. The mid weight core of black cherry fruit is heavily infused with charred oak and green tobacco
flavors. Silky in the mouth, with fine-grain tannins and some cherry-driven finishing intensity and length.
Unchanged when tasted the following day and somewhat unpleasant to drink. Can’t reach any definitive
conclusions other than this may have been a bad bottle. Not scored.
Score: NA.
Reviewed January 20, 2018
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2015 Comartin Cellars R-Bar-R Ranch Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir
14.4% alc., 50 cases, $29.99 (SRP is $55 on website). Vineyard is located at 1,100 feet elevation at the southern tip of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Adam Comartin is the winemaker. A puzzling wine for me as Wine Enthusiast awarded this wine 94 points. The winery has been highly praised for a number of varietal releases so I was curious to try this wine that I purchased. · Moderate garnet color in the glass. The nose reveals piquant aromas of tobacco, hot smoke and toast. The mid weight core of black cherry fruit is heavily infused with charred oak and green tobacco flavors. Silky in the mouth, with fine-grain tannins and some cherry-driven finishing intensity and length. Unchanged when tasted the following day and somewhat unpleasant to drink. Can’t reach any definitive conclusions other than this may have been a bad bottle. Not scored. Score: NA. Reviewed January 20, 2018 ARTICLE »