From the Cellar
La Crema 2014 Pinot Noirs (California)
15 Apr 2021- Details
- Category: Uncorked Tonight
You're going to read about three La Crema wines from the same vintage but from different area of California that I drank on three different night ...
(November 7, 2020) ... It all started with the 2014 Monterey. Now I loved visiting Monterey County, they talked a lot about cool climate, which is definitely nothing new for someone from Ontario - so I do have a soft spot for many wines from this part of the state. Sour cherry and red cherry along with white pepper and nice acidity plus there is a nice little tannin bite; fresh and lively with a nice dry, medium-length finish, there's even a little licorice in here.
(November 10, 2020) ... It was not my intention to drink another La Crema Pinot Noir on this night, nor was I going to have all three in the same month, but once you start (it's like Lay's potato chips "bet ya can't have just one") ... I was so impressed with the Monterey version that I decided to grab the Russian River Valley offering (2014). Big spicy dark fruit (a la black cherry) with good acidity and a punch of strawberry and rhubarb - I even decided to put a little chill on this one and it really got that red fruit to pop, plus it seemed to add a little tobacco into the mix ... as it opens the acidity kept everything in balance and there was just hint of white pepper which settled nicely onto the finish.
(November 15, 2020) ... It's now been a week since this experiment started and I am pulling the last bottle of La Crema Pinot 2014 from my cellar, Los Carneros - this one is black cherry, black pepper and smoke with hints of floral; the tannins and the acidity are present with the tannins being a little more dominant here than in any of the previous two wines. Probably my least favourite of the three, but they were all still pretty good as a whole.
