Domaine de la Côte Pinot Noir Estates 2021
Domaine de la Côte
Rajat Parr and Sashi Moorman's estate-wide blend offers a window into their meticulous Sta. Rita Hills farming without the single-vineyard price tag. It drinks like Burgundy in its restraint and transparency, proving that California Pinot Noir can whisper rather than shout.
Kit Aromas
Nose
Bright cherry and wild strawberry with dried rose petals and a subtle minty lift. A faint woodland-floor earthiness and a whisper of cedar emerge with air. Elegant and restrained.
Palate
Silky and precise. Red cherry and berry fruit are layered over fine-grained tannins. A violet floral note weaves through the mid-palate, and there's a pleasant green herbal quality — not unripe, just alive. Excellent acidity provides tension and length.
Finish
Medium-long with lingering cherry, violet, and a mineral, almost chalky close.
- Varietal
- Pinot Noir
- Blend
- 100% Pinot Noir
- Vineyards
- Estate vineyards across the Sta. Rita Hills AVA
- Alcohol
- 13.0%
- Organic / Biodynamic
- No
Food Pairing
The wine's red fruit and silky tannins complement the richness of duck, while the cherry gastrique mirrors the wine's core fruit character and the mint-cedar undertones cut through the fat.
Rajat Parr and Sashi Moorman founded Domaine de la Côte in 2013 on limestone-rich soils in the western Sta. Rita Hills, farming biodynamically and producing whole-cluster-fermented Pinot Noir that channels Burgundian transparency through a California lens.
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