ROBERT PARKER’S WINE ADVOCATE: 96 POINTS - The 2021 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills has a medium ruby color and pretty scents of cinnamon stick, aniseed, iron, underbrush and charcuterie with a core of red cherries and cranberries. Medium-bodied yet very concentrated, it has a powdery frame, sparks of refreshing acidity and a very long, graphite-driven finish. Precise and detailed, it deserves to spend another 2-3 years in bottle.
MISSION NOTES: Sandhi is the joint venture between Michael Mina wine director Raj Parr and winemaker Sashi Moorman, who made wine at Ojai and Stolpman and now runs Piedrasassi. Over the last few years, their Domaine de la Côte winery has become one of the biggest cult sensations in the state with restaurants and retailers battling for whatever allocations they can get. Many of the Sandhi wines are made from the same Domaine de la Côte vineyard fruit and represent some of the most exciting wines in the business—period.
