2005 Clos Pepe Pinot Noir - Wine Enthusiast Magazine Editor's Choice

New Scores! Issue: February 1, 2008

2005 Roessler Clos Pepe -- 96-points
Editor's Choice
Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, $50

Clos Pepe is one of those vineyards that rarely fails to dazzle, and Roessler has done as good a job at interpreting it as any of the wineries that designate its fruit. The wine shows a terrific balance of acids, oak and tannins, with an elegantly silky texture and exquisitely ripe, but controlled, cherry, pomegranate, cola, tea and Asian spice flavors that finish with a lip-smacking, chalky minerality. — S.H. (2/1/2008)


2005 Roessler Peregrine -- 90-points
Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, $38

Dry, complex and elegant, this is a multivineyard blend that shows a fine expression of Santa Rita terroir. It’s young and vibrant now, perhaps at the peak of its seductiveness, with an elaborate array of cherry, raspberry, cola and smoky oak flavors. — S.H. (2/1/2008)