Skip to main content

Buy any 6 Bottles and get Free Ground Shipping

Paul Lato Pinot Noir Suerte Solomon Hills Vineyard 2018  - First Bottle

Reviews

98 Jeb Dunnuck -
Leading off the Pinot Noirs, the 2018 Suerte Solomon Hills Vineyard comes from a great vineyard just west of Bien Nacido and spent 17 months in 60% new French oak. Lots of black raspberries, spiced cherries, salty sea breeze, flowers, orange blossom, and violet notes emerge from the glass, and it's beautifully textured, full-bodied, and incredibly sexy on the palate. It's stunning today yet will evolve for upwards of a decade.
96 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
The 2018 Pinot Noir Suerte Solomon Hills Vineyard has a nose of smoked cranberries, blackberries, aniseed and dried citrus peel with spicy and earthy undertones. The medium-bodied palate is satiny, fresh and soft with bursts of spicy, floral accents and a long, saline-tinged finish. 296 cases produced.

Technical Details

  • BlendPinot Noir
  • CountryUS
  • RegionCalifornia Central Coast
  • AppellationSanta Maria Valley
  • VineyardSolomon Hills Vineyard
  • Alcohol14%

Paul Lato Pinot Noir Suerte Solomon Hills Vineyard 2018

Pinot Noir  |  US
JD98, WA96

Too late, we are SOLD OUT!
Paul Lato's pinot game is on point in 2018. We just loved the Suerte from Bien Nacido's sister property Solomon Hills. This is uber-polished, perfectly ripe, and packed with florals and red fruits. There is an impression of sea-spray and a savory/salty undertone which takes this rockstar status. 

About the Producer

Polish born sommelier, Paul Lato, got his start with an informal internship with Jim Clendened of Au Bon Climat which turned into an obsession with California's Central Coast. Then, as he puts it, "Robert Parker, by a stroke of luck, tasted my 2002 vintage about a year and a half into its making. The wine was bottled, but I had neither a label nor a name for my winery. After tasting both pinot and syrah, Parker looked at me and said, 'You have a true talent. Hurry up with those names, I want to be the first one to write about you.' The rest is history.