VOLUME 8, ISSUE 20
August 24, 2010
ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE:
Romancing the Dijon Clones Buena Vista: My House Red and White Lenné Estate: 2008s are Best Ever Domaine Drouhin Oregon: Burgundy’s First Footprint in Oregon Spätburgunder Robert Sinskey Vineyards Raiding the Library of the Pinot Carzina: Lane Tanner Pinot Noir, 1988-2007 LIOCO Winery: A Different Path Sta. Rita Hills: California’s Best AVA for Chardonnay? Sips of Pinot Noir Pinot Briefs Doctoring Wine for Optimum Drinking
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Flying Goat Cellars
Veteran winemaker, Norm Yost, produces small lots of several Pinot Noirs from vineyards in Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County. He is a true garagiste with a small winery in the Lompoc “wine ghetto.” His wines have been consistently fine in recent years. The wines are largely sold through a mailing list.
Articles About Flying Goat CellarsReviewed Wines2007 Flying Goat Rio Vista Vineyard Santa Rita Hills Clone 115 Pinot Noir (barrel sample) · Sappy young fruit on the nose, probably not finished MLF. LEGS in the glass. Rich, round, laser pure, dark fruits. Fine length and integrated acid and tannin. Very promising. Reviewed March 23, 2008 ARTICLE »
2005 Flying Goat Rio Vista Vineyard Santa Rita Hills Dijon Clones Pinot Noir Dark color, dark fruits and herbs, prominent oak. Huge and glycerol-sweet. Finish more open with time in glass. Reviewed March 23, 2008 ARTICLE »
![]() 2005 Flying Goat Cellars Dierberg Vineyard Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir 14.6% alc., 425 cases, $42. Norm Yost produces small lots of several Pinot Noirs from vineyards in Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County. He is a true garagiste with a small winery in the Lompoc “wine ghetto.” He has been at it for many years, knows what he is doing, and his wines have been consistently fine in recent years. · Nice clean mineral infused cherry fruit on the entry which follows through to the finish. Not particularly complex but well-crafted, harmonious and easy to drink. Reviewed December 16, 2007 ARTICLE »
2005 Flying Goat Cellars Dierberg Vineyard Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir ($42) · Every bit as good as the Rancho Santa Rosa bottling and still available. The Dierberg is aromatically stylish with a palate which is soft, plush, long and tasty. Flat out beautiful. Oh, the Dierberg also won a Gold Medal in the same competition. Reviewed March 5, 2007 ARTICLE »
2005 Flying Goat Cellars Rancho Santa Rosa Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir $44. This wine won the Red Wine Sweepstakes Award at the 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (now sold out not surprisingly). · Reviewed March 5, 2007 ARTICLE »
2005 Flying Goat Cellars Rio Vista Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir $45. · Reviewed July 23, 2007 ARTICLE »
2004 Flying Goat Cellars Rio Vista Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir $45. · Both 2004 and 2005 wines exhibit beautifully balance with scrumptious cherry fruit and deft touch of oak. They both have lovely depth and richness of flavor that carries over to a finish of great persistence. Highly recommended. Reviewed July 23, 2007 ARTICLE »
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