Alma Rosa

TRL/Staff/Wine: 7/7/7

As with other wineries in Santa Barbara County, don’t forget the tasting fee. It’s often between $10 and $20. With the wines here, you’re going to be left to wonder how the wine will taste in the right glass. The tasting room was tiny, barely accommodating 5 at the bar.

2008 Clone 115 La Encantada Vineyard : 43/34/32
Uh…no. Young and acidic. The fruit is inaccessible.

2008 Clone 667 La Enacantada Vineyard Santa Rita Hills : 43/34/-
Nose and palate represent themselves as a Pinot Noir but just barely.

2008 Santa Rita Hills: 32/25/36
Nice. Accessible. Fair balance of fruit and spice with more toward the fruit. Well-priced and easy to drink anytime…alone. Stereotypical, basic Santa Rita Hills.

2007 Pinot Noir La Encantada Vineyard Santa Rita Hills: 43/34/36
The clone 667 with the Swan clone; nose is typical Swan but the palate has no spice balance, only simple red fruit.