Big Basin Vineyards Pinot Noir Alfaro Family Vineyard Santa Cruz Mountains 2018

Ok…one more BIG BASIN wine for this EPIC Saturday! And what…a…PINOT! 95 POINTS! Way OVER 50% OFF! Who’s ready for THIS?!?!

Alfaro Family Vineyard is just over 2 miles from the Pacific Ocean, east of Santa Cruz. This is one of the coolest micro-climates for pinot noir to grow in all of California – and the tremendously long growing season means crazy, nigh on unbelievable complexity! It’s dark, it’s deeply floral, loaded with plums, and baking spices, and tart raspberries, blackberries, homemade pie crust, brushed with brown sugar and cinnamon…OH, BABY! More in line with a cooler and elegant style of Russian River pinot – this is hedonistic, and powerful, with polish, and a downright sexy demeanor. It’s impossible not to love this pinot noir – and still claim to love pinot noir. There’s this savory, black trumpet mushroom note, with a mysterious coastal-redwood-forest-in-the-fog thing going on…just…wow. Under $30 for this is one of Last Bottle’s ALL-TIME pinot Deals – no question. 

You know how they say “good things come to those who wait”? This is probably what they meant. Do not miss!

** All orders will be shipped from our West Coast warehouse, so give it a little time, East Coasters! **