2007 Arcadian “Sleepy Hollow” PN
Beautiful, bright, ruby red color.
Fabulous nose of roses, pencil lead and red fruits.
Young, firm, spicy cranberry/sour plum fruit with a long, dry cherry pit aftertaste.
A typical Joe Davis rendition of this fine vineyard and, as usual, quite fine.
Will definitely develop and improve over time. My QPR of this young year at under $30 delivered!
For now: 92 pts
I purchased mine back in 5/10 when Joe was blowing out the unreleased '07s to the GCS. Not quite as good a deal as you guys received recently, but I’m looking forward to opening my first one in the next year or so.
Not sure exactly what the justification behind the low price on this one has been, but I’m not complaining. Perhaps Joe sees it as an early drinker, cause it’s one of the nicest drinking young Arcadian pinots I’ve ever had. Tasty stuff.
He does. But I believe he planted some additional vines between the existing rows, and these are or were bottled separately under a “young vines” label.
x2 for me. Have not dipped in to many of the 2007’s I got on the unreleased sale.
I can say that most of the 2005’s we have had are really drinking great right now.
I’ve tried it twice now and at $25 it’s an unbelievable wine. Would also concur that it needs some bottle time (>2 years) or a serious decanting to smooth out.
This is all old vines no young vines went into this. The young vines stuff goes into either the Santa Lucia Highlands blend or in to a private label for a restaurant.