2019 Tagline Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County
Tasting Notes
This Pinot Noir is smooth and silky with subtle spice notes. Driven by herbaceous qualities and an old-world soul, it displays a ripe black cherry framework and vanilla overtones. Not overly lush, this balanced and ready-to-engage Pinot is blended with intention, highlights the expressions of the Sonoma Coast, and is here to entice the ready drinker.
Growing Season
With generous rainfall over winter and cooler spring temperatures, the Sonoma Coast saw a near-perfect start and finish to the season. The lack of extreme heat spikes meant slow ripening leading to beautifully complex wines for the 2019 vintage.
Specs
Varietal: 100% Pinot Noir
Proprietary oak aging
Appellation: Sonoma Coast
Alcohol: 13.9%
Whatās Included
3-bottles:
3x 2019 Tagline Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County
Case:
12x 2019 Tagline Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County
Price Comparison
Not for sale online, $432/case MSRP
About The Winery
Winery: High Note Vintners
Owners: Jess Wade & Gianna Fugazi
Location: Sonoma, CA
Jess Wade was born into a family with a strong culinary background, his father a pasta maker, and his mother a chef, which ultimately influenced his decision to pursue winemaking at the young age of 21. After working under esteemed winemakers and viticulturists in three countries, Jess came back to his roots in Sonoma in 2016 where he farms his organic estate vineyards and continues to make world-class wines for various boutique wineries in Sonoma County.
Throughout his travels, Jess has managed to not only accumulate a wide array of knowledge and accolades, but also connections with esteemed winegrowers throughout the Western United States. These connections allow High Note Vintners unique access to premium viticultural regions while providing only the best quality wines at a consumer-friendly price.
Gianna Fugazi, sandwiched between two brothers with a fierce determination to make her way, found herself making wine to the chagrin of her father who
considers it āfancy farming.ā Growing up in Linden, California, a farm-centric town, she ran through her familyās orchards, swam in the irrigation ditches, and was taught the importance of the relationship of farm practices to deliver a quality product to the end consumer.
She channels a āpull up your sleevesā mentality. High Note is centered on making wine with the place that encapsulates your senses while keeping in balance the nature of the harvest and always committing to a path that keeps the integrity of the grape varietal forefront.
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
@klezman sure thing! With thermic heating we have more control in acquiring our desired toast levels thus creating more consistent flavor precursors from our oak program.
@taglinewine Hey all good. Not familiar with you and was just looking out on the big world wide web to check out your operation and thatās all that showed up. Not that a web presence is the be-all end-all
Happy Halloween!
I received the email from Alice the other day and I was very excited to be chosen as a lab rat again. Received the bottle on Wednesday and it went straight to the wine fridge for a couple days. Forgot about the wine and opened up the bottle after a dinner out Friday night. So, no food pairing which may have helped the review. Not much nose. Nice dark ruby color. Very smooth and silky. Little to no tannins. Decent drinkable good but not great wine. To be honest, I expected the casemates selling cost to be less. Maybe I missed something. I am more of a Syrah and cabernet fan.
@steverwrx I usually suggest decanting before drinking as well as drinking above the wine fridge temp. The colder a wine is the less you will smell and taste.
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: tax and shipping are not included in savings calculations.)
2019 Tagline Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir - $50 = 17.85%
@kaolis We still age in barrel. This is a more environmentally friendly way of acquiring oak precursors due to the fact we can utilize barrels more than once.
You want significant oak influence in your wine and you use these āprecisionā oak chips in your barrels to get the exact profile you want
You donāt like neutral oak as an ageing vessel - many (most?) wineries that use oak use their barrels more than once. Many only use othersā discarded and used barrels.
So then in the interest of transparency, what was the precise oak regimen you used? As an example, Clark Smith is extremely transparent. This is from one of his recent offers:
Fermentation techniques
2019 Tagline Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County
Tasting Notes
Growing Season
Specs
Whatās Included
3-bottles:
Case:
Price Comparison
Not for sale online, $432/case MSRP
About The Winery
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Nov 21 - Friday, Nov 25
2019 Tagline Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
3 bottles for $69.99 $23.33/bottle + $2.67/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $229.99 $19.17/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
Proprietary oak ageing? Really?
@klezman well, this wine is āblended with intentionā!!
@klezman @TimW If you are really nice, maybe they will āWhisperā you the secret formula.
@klezman We utilize a new technique of thermic heat extraction on our oak.
@klezman @TimW we do in fact blend from several different vineyard sources.
@taglinewine can you tell us more about that? Weāre a bunch of wine nerds and enjoy learning about these things.
@klezman sure thing! With thermic heating we have more control in acquiring our desired toast levels thus creating more consistent flavor precursors from our oak program.
@klezman @taglinewine ā¦ or as my daughter dubs us, the wine woot weirdos
@taglinewine @woopdedoo isnāt that what I said?
Well they applied for the trademark āHIGH NOTE VINTNERSā July 3, 2022
fwiw
@kaolis That is simply the name of our LLC.
@kaolis @taglinewine
badge,
I see you already have your
have you had a prior offer here we may be familiar with?
@taglinewine Hey all good. Not familiar with you and was just looking out on the big world wide web to check out your operation and thatās all that showed up. Not that a web presence is the be-all end-all
@kaolis our web provider shut down recently and we have partnered with a new company get us back up and going.
Happy Halloween!
I received the email from Alice the other day and I was very excited to be chosen as a lab rat again. Received the bottle on Wednesday and it went straight to the wine fridge for a couple days. Forgot about the wine and opened up the bottle after a dinner out Friday night. So, no food pairing which may have helped the review. Not much nose. Nice dark ruby color. Very smooth and silky. Little to no tannins. Decent drinkable good but not great wine. To be honest, I expected the casemates selling cost to be less. Maybe I missed something. I am more of a Syrah and cabernet fan.
@steverwrx I usually suggest decanting before drinking as well as drinking above the wine fridge temp. The colder a wine is the less you will smell and taste.
@steverwrx did you save any for a second day evaluation?
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: tax and shipping are not included in savings calculations.)
2019 Tagline Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir - $50 = 17.85%
Thermic oak treatment??
https://shop.scottlab.com/oak-lab-thermic-trial-kit-thermsample
@kaolis
what the hell oak chips/dust I guess itās all in play
Lol and I thought I had seen it all
@ScottW58
@kaolis We still age in barrel. This is a more environmentally friendly way of acquiring oak precursors due to the fact we can utilize barrels more than once.
@kaolis @ScottW58 It isā¦just ask Clark!
@kaolis @taglinewine
From this comment Iām understanding two things:
So then in the interest of transparency, what was the precise oak regimen you used? As an example, Clark Smith is extremely transparent. This is from one of his recent offers:
Fermentation techniques
Elevage details
@kaolis @klezman
As you have said in the past who cares as long as it tastes good, you know like how a chef uses spices
@kaolis @ScottW58 totally. But nerds are going to nerd.
@kaolis @klezman
Yes you should give your passes equally.
A little background:
https://www.vinography.com/2020/09/sonoma-scrappy-introducing-topophilia-wine-company
@kaolis That was a fun, if a bit puffy, read.
@kaolis seems like a semi- obscure promo pieceā¦ No reader comments suggests no reader base. The 'net never ceases to amaze.
Iām on the hunt for a good pinot to serve during Thanksgiving. In for 3, in case this is the one.
/giphy real-literal-guide