COBB Coastlands Vineyard Pinot Noir - Sonoma Coast 2021 Bottle

Description

The 2021 Pinot Noir Coastlands Vineyard has garnered significant acclaim, receiving 96+ points from The Wine Advocate, which highlights its complex aromas of saline, red licorice, and spicy oak, over a deep core of pomegranate and lavender. The medium-bodied palate shows concentrated, layered flavours with a firm frame of chalky tannins and focused acidity, leading to a long, spicy finish. Vinous awarded it 96 points, describing it as crystalline with a nervy style, featuring notes of chalk, mint, and orange peel alongside red-toned fruit. Decanter rated it 95 points for its elegance and richness, with violet and blackberries mingling with earthy nuances. James Suckling scored it 93 points, praising its crisp, vivid character and impressive flavour profile, making this vintage truly exceptional.

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Cobb Vineyards is a boutique winery located in the Sonoma Coast region of California, renowned for its focus on producing high-quality Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Founded by Ross Cobb and his family, the winery is committed to capturing the unique terroir of their vineyards through sustainable farming practices and minimal intervention in the winemaking process.

Cobb Vineyards primarily sources grapes from carefully selected hillside vineyards, which benefit from the cool coastal climate and diverse soils. This environment allows for the production of wines that express vibrant fruit flavours, floral notes, and a sense of place, showcasing the complexity and elegance characteristic of the Sonoma Coast.

The winery is respected for its artisanal approach, with hand-harvesting, small-lot fermentation, and élevage in French oak barrels, resulting in wines that are often described as refined and sophisticated. With a focus on quality and craftsmanship, Cobb Vineyards has gained recognition among wine enthusiasts and collectors, establishing itself as a prominent name in the realm of California Pinot Noir.

Coastlands Vineyard is just three miles from the ocean and has some of the oldest Pinot Noir vines in the Sonoma Coast. Named after two massive Douglas firs on property, this wine comes from a single block that was one of the original plantings at Coastlands Vineyard dating back to 1989.

THE WINE ADVOCATE 96+ points
Reviewed by: Erin Brooks
Drink Date: 2025 - 2040
The 2021 Pinot Noir Coastlands Vineyard comes from vines planted between 1989 and 1998 in marine sedimentary soils at 1,150 feet above sea level. Made with 40% whole clusters, it opens with aromas of saline and red licorice, plus a touch of spicy oak from its recent bottling, over a deep core of pomegranate and lavender. The medium-bodied palate features concentrated, layered flavors supported by a firm frame of chalky tannins and focused acidity, and it has a long finish loaded with latent, spicy accents. It's powerful and nuanced, but it's developing a bit more slowly than the other 2021s. It deserves several years in bottle to unwind and will be long lived. 775 cases were made.
Published: Dec 14, 2023

VINOUS 96 points
Drinking Window 2025 - 2036
From: Vinous Table: The Polo Bar, New York, NY (Nov 2024)
Ross Cobb’s 2021 Pinot Noir Coastlands Vineyard has shut quite a bit since I tasted it earlier in the year. That’s probably a good thing for its long-term prospects. For now, though, readers need to be patient, as the 2021 needs time. It remains an exquisite, crystalline Pinot of the highest level. Chalk, mint, slate and orange peel cut through a core of red-toned fruit. This is an especially nervy style that will appeal most to readers who enjoy taut, cool-climate Pinots. - By Antonio Galloni on November 2024

DECANTER 95 points
Tasted by: Clive Pursehouse
(at Cobb Estate, Abigail's Ranch, California, 31 Jan 2024)
Part of Sonoma Coast: 2021 vintage report and 2022 preview
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2035
Elegance meets richness, violet and rose petals play alongside tart early season black berries. There palate shows gossamer elements of pine bough, and briny sea spray. freshly turned earth, and pine sap and pomegranate . It finishes lean and linear, fresh notes of black tea. Coastlands is a melange of three sites. In 1998 they planted the 1906 block (there is a oak tree carved with the year on it), as well as the Big Rock block and the older vine Old Firs block was planted in 1989.

JAMES SUCKLING 93 points
A brilliant, crisp, vivid red that's fresh and linear yet full-bodied and packs a punch in terms of flavor. Black-cherry, black-tea, pine-forest, sour-cherry and rhubarb flavors on medium tannins for a potent, crisp texture. Aged extra-long, 22 months, in barrels for added complexity. Drink now or hold.