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Castle Rock Pinot Noir (Monterey County) 2018



Nice crystalline garnet hue with spicy aromas of strawberry and very subtle vanilla pudding. 

Palate--Very nice steely, fruit forward bright red fruit with a real spine to carry the delicious fruit on a beam of acid.   Finishes with some residual strawberry/raspberry and smoke? 

Castle Rock is always a value when it come to their pinot noir.  This was $8 which is ridiculous and it is REAL wine, not manufactured plonk. It rivals many $20 price point pinots I have had so raise a glass of a perennial favorite.

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