When Costa de Oro first surfaced close to a decade ago, it soon became one of my favorite PNs. It was cleanly made and SCREAMED pinot noir. Re-visiting it a decade later seems they have gone a tad to the bigger, more volatile, route. Not my style of PN. One of those wineries in SMV people say, “So many great pinots from that place–just not them.” about.
2010 COSTA de ORO Pinot Noir Santa Barbara Co.
Stephen McConnell 