15 California Pinot Noirs

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Loring's Pinot Noir cuvées come from some of California's best vineyards, including Garys'.

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Brian Loring’s 2008 lineup of Pinot Noirs from Sta. Rita Hills to Sonoma shows the variable vintage’s potential

James Laube
Posted: December 21, 2009

The 2008 crop of California Pinot Noirs will offer the most variable quality in several years. But there will be some tremendous wines and the new Loring Pinots offer evidence of that success. Eleven of the 15 new releases from Loring Wine Company earned outstanding marks, topped by the Brosseau Vineyard bottling (in the Chalone appellation) and the Rosella’s Vineyard from the Santa Lucia Highlands.

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