Bentrock Vineyard Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, herb-crusted pork loin
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from the prestigious Bentrock Vineyard, situated at the western edge of the cold, wind-swept Sta. Rita Hills AVA in Santa Barbara County, this Pinot Noir is a masterclass in cool-climate viticulture. The vineyard's unique orientation along the transverse mountain range exposes the vines to intense Pacific fog and marine breezes, slowing the ripening process and preserving a vibrant, natural acidity. Planted on complex soils of diatomaceous earth, clay, and broken shale, the vines yield small, concentrated berries. Dominion Tantara employs traditional, low-intervention winemaking techniques, utilizing gentle handling and aging in select French oak barrels to craft a wine that beautifully balances intense red fruit, savory earthiness, and a distinct mineral spine characteristic of this extreme coastal site.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1997 in California's cool-climate Santa Barbara County, Dominion Tantara is an artisan producer renowned for its site-specific Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Sourcing fruit from celebrated Central Coast terroirs such as Bentrock, Dierberg, and La Encantada vineyards, the winery emphasizes low-intervention, Burgundian-inspired winemaking techniques that showcase the purity of each vintage. Its cellar regime prioritizes indigenous fermentations, gentle handling, and judicious use of French oak to produce focused, elegant wines of remarkable depth and ageability. In addition to its acclaimed single-vineyard and reserve Pinot Noirs, Dominion Tantara crafts refined, small-lot expressions of Chardonnay, Syrah, and Cabernet Franc.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14.5%