• 87 Points
    La Crema 1998 Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)

    With complex aromas of blackberry, mushroom and beet, and an overlay of smoky oak, this wine tastes young, rich an sappy. It's quite dry--even tart at this young age--but with a core of berry fruit and enough dusty tannins to suggest short-term aging. Try after 2002.

    — S.H. Published 12/31/2001
  • 87 Points
    La Crema 1998 Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)

    With complex aromas of blackberry, mushroom and beet, and an overlay of smoky oak, this wine tastes young, rich an sappy. It's quite dry--even tart at this young age--but with a core of berry fruit and enough dusty tannins to suggest short-term aging. Try after 2002.

    — S.H. Published 12/31/2001
  • 87 Points
    La Crema 1998 Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)

    With complex aromas of blackberry, mushroom and beet, and an overlay of smoky oak, this wine tastes young, rich an sappy. It's quite dry--even tart at this young age--but with a core of berry fruit and enough dusty tannins to suggest short-term aging. Try after 2002.

    — S.H. Published 12/31/2001
  • 87 Points
    La Crema 1998 Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)

    With complex aromas of blackberry, mushroom and beet, and an overlay of smoky oak, this wine tastes young, rich an sappy. It's quite dry--even tart at this young age--but with a core of berry fruit and enough dusty tannins to suggest short-term aging. Try after 2002.

    — S.H. Published 12/31/2001