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Paul Lato, Pinot Noir Duende Gold Coast Vineyard, 2015

by Paul Lato

$89.99

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A Polish-born sommelier who traded Toronto's fine dining scene for California's Central Coast—and found his voice in single-vineyard Pinot Noir of extraordinary sensuality. Paul Lato arrived in Santa Barbara County in 2002 with no formal winemaking training, apprenticing under Jim Clendenen at Au Bon Climat while bartering labor for barrels and equipment. The Duende bottling comes from Gold Coast Vineyard in the heart of Santa Maria Valley, where sandy, well-drained soils and vines now over thirty years old—from an old Martini selection originating in Burgundy—yield fruit of remarkable concentration. Completely destemmed, fifteen months in fifty percent new French oak, minimal intervention throughout. The 2015 was the earliest and fastest harvest on record, with yields down forty to seventy percent, producing intense, concentrated wines. Rose petals, strawberries, cherries, mint, and sappy herbs with a soft, silky, seductive palate and wonderful length. Drink now through the next several years.

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Professional Reviews

Antonio Galloni

AG 92
"Always the most lifted of the Paul Lato wines, the 2015 Pinot Noir Duende Gold Coast Vineyard is aromatic, perfumed and gracious in feel. Hints of earthiness, game, smoke and autumn leaves give the wine a slightly sauvage feel in 2015, but there is also lovely purity to the bright red berry fruit." -Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

RP 93
"Pale ruby-purple in color, the 2015 Pinot Noir Goldcoast Vineyard Duende has a gorgeous anise, red rose and sage-laced perfume over a core of ripe red cherries, wild strawberries and underbrush. Medium-bodied, soft, silky and seductive, this has beautiful, soft-spoken expression and wonderful length." -Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Noir

  • Vintage

    2015

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional