Foxen pinot noir "block 8" 2020 Montinore five generations tending vines planted

five generations tending vines planted since the 13th century

back licorice

grainy and lively

Robert Parker (Wine Advocate) 100 points

it is pleasing from the first sniff of rose petals

Foxen pinot noir "block 8" 2020 Montinore five generations tending vines plantedFrom one of Santa Barbara County's founding cult estates a single block Pinot from the legendary Bien Nacido Vineyard, priced below its release. Bill Wathen and Dick Dor have been making wine together since 1985, when they founded Foxen at the historic Rancho Tinaquaic. "Block 8" is a single parcel within Bien Nacido the Santa Maria Valley vineyard that reads like a who's who roster of California Pinot planted to a mix of clones that gives the wine