Silver Mountain Vineyards
2003 Pinot Noir, Miller Hill Vineyard(Santa Cruz Mountains)
Take, for example, this Pinot bottling sourced from the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA. …Yo!! The nose of this wine goes right to your baking spice sweet spot, with aromas of ginger and nutmeg, ripe plum and cedar. And then, it will waft into a forest floor with dark cola notes. And that’s just the nose! On the palate, wonderful flavors of dark plum, mission figs and elderberry, with a perfect balance of acid, tannin and cardamom plus baking spice, and a good deal of sweet oak. This is a nicely interwoven wine that will work perfectly with spicy New Mexican pork, green chili and jalapeno chicken, and orange-chipotle duck dishes.
Reviewed June 14, 2006 by Laura Ness.
Other Awards & Accolades
Silver Medal - 2006 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Silver Medal - 2005 Santa Cruz Mountains Commercial Wine Competition
Bronze Medal - 2005 Long Beach Grand Cru Wine Competition
Bronze Medal - 2007 Dallas Morning News Wine Competition
Other reviewed wines from Silver Mountain Vineyards
Silver Mountain Vineyards 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon, Weideman Ranch (Santa Clara Valley)Laura Ness 10/19/2007 |
Silver Mountain Vineyards 2004 Pinot Noir, Tondre's Grapefield (Santa Lucia Highlands)Laurie Daniel 2/1/2007 |
The Wine
Winery: Silver Mountain Vineyards |
The ReviewerA wine writer and wine judge for major publications and competitions around the country, Laura Ness likens wine to the experience of music. She is always looking for that ubiquitous marriage of rhythm, melody, and flawless execution. What is good music? You know it when you get lost in it. What is good wine? It is music in your mouth. |