Burnt blow-dryer sorta Sharpie-fume to go with the milky garnet and fruit-cake in a rusty tin. Steel-shaving minerality against a mud-brier so intense it nearly overwhelms the ripeness. This may be the best Pinot in Paso–or at least the most Burgundian–but come on. Pinot in Paso?

2008 WINDWARD Pinot Noir Monopole Paso Robles 14.3

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