Producer: Westerhold Family Vineyards 
Region: Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County, California 
Varietal: Pinot Noir 
Year: 2018  

Retail Price: $36.00 
Our Price: $14.99* 

With fifteen 100-Point wines under his belt, including the the world's only 100-Point wine in 2011, Russell Bevan is a winemaker extraordinaire.  In 2015 Wine Spectator named him Wine Maker of the Year.  Noted wine critic, Robert Parker has said of Russell Bevan, "I can't recommend this up-and-coming producer's wines highly enough . . . the irrepressible and virtually bigger-than-life Russell Bevan continues to shake things up in Northern California, not only with his own wines, offered under the label of Bevan Cellars, but also through his consulting work, which has produced a bevy of provocative and high-quality efforts."  He went on to state that Bevan "magically transforms his wines into personality-filled, savory, intensely flavored efforts, many of them truly world-class in quality."  He is truly one of the best in the business.  Bevan is one of the most sought-after winemakers in California and critical acclaim follows him wherever he goes.  He's been the winemaker at Westerhold Family Vineyards since 2007.  Westerhold is a small, family-owned winery dedicated to the production of estate grown Pinot Noir and Syrah.  The 2018 Westerhold Sonoma Coast Estate Pinot Noir is juicy, seamless and polished.  It has concentrated dark fruit along with notes of dark chocolate, strawberries, rhubarb, raspberry, kumquat, paprika and traditional Pinot Noir spices.  It has a creamy finish and rich, spicy accents.  Enjoy!

Wine Spectator, 91 Points 

"Juicy and well-knit, with concentrated dark fruit and berry flavors that show plenty of rich, spicy accents. The creamy finish has dark chocolate notes, with hints of paprika and hot stone. Drink now through 2024. 450 cases made." 

Winemaker Notes: 

"Strawberries and rhubarb make an initial statement in the 2018 Westerhold Pinot Noir.  Each and every time you smell this wine a new wave of complex aromatics pulls you further into the glass.  Raspberry and kumquat flavors develop as you swirl and play with it, but the traditional Pinot Noir spices and berries never venture too far.  Seamless and polished, this is the Pinot Noir that our hillsides were meant to craft." 

Alcohol: 14.9% 

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