SEAN MINOR PINOT NOIR 2012
CENTRAL COAST, CALIFORNIA
By: Ed "The Wine Guy"
What a good vintage-year 2012 was in California, for both white and red wines! Even an average vintner made a better than average wine. This Sean Minor production is an affordable, everyday style wine, made from grapes selected from sites throughout the Central Coast region. The Pinot Noir grape is thin-skinned and hard to grow; it requires careful, attentive growers. Strange that it is thin-skinned and, yet, prefers to grow in cool regions: Burgundy, France; New Zealand; Oregon; certain areas of California. The grape may be grown in warmer climates, and the wine that is produced may even taste good, but it does not have the classic aromas and flavors of Pinot Noir. This wine is medium-bodied, exhibits aromas and flavors of cherry cola, raspberry, and strawberry, with a hint of spice, and with sweet oak that leads to a lingering finish.