Cartlidge & Browne 2015 Pinot Noir California
This ruby-purple Pinot is no pushover. Bold cherries, raspberries and blackberries purr with vanilla meringue and toasty oak notes. Warming on the tongue, baking spice and stone-like minerality conclude in a juicy, firm finish.
Legends often begin in the most ordinary surroundings. For two friends, Tony Cartlidge and Glen Browne, it began in 1980 in an undistinguished Napa Valley garage when they set out to build a wine company from scratch. As far as they could tell, there was no need (or no fortune) to buy an estate. Only a desire to seek out the best vineyards, harvest the best grapes and make the best wine that they possibly could.
