Brewer-Clifton Machado Pinot Noir

Santa Barbara County, USA

One of California's most mineral and transparent Pinot Noir from the Sta. Rita Hills' diatomaceous chalk soils — wild strawberry, cranberry, dried rose, chalk dust, and an almost Burgundian restraint that sets this apart from warmer California Pinot. Haunting, linear, and age-worthy.

Pairing intelligence

• main: Coastal California abalone and the most mineral Santa Barbara Pinot — the wine's chalk and strawberry character bridges the abalone's brine; sea vegetables echo the coastal mineral
• main: The wine's mineral precision and wild fruit character is the perfect match for duck's richness; fig provides sweetness to bridge the wine's acid; endive bitterness adds complexity