Hilliard Bruce Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled salmon
✨ Technical Specifications
The Dominion Tantara Hilliard Bruce Vineyard Pinot Noir is a masterful expression of the cold, wind-swept Sta. Rita Hills AVA in Santa Barbara County. Sourced from the highly acclaimed Hilliard Bruce Vineyard—famed for its meticulous, SIP-certified sustainable farming and unique maritime terroir—this wine benefits from the intense cooling influences of the nearby Pacific Ocean. The vineyard's soils, rich in diatomaceous earth and sandy loam, force the Pinot Noir vines to dig deep, resulting in low yields of highly concentrated fruit. Dominion Tantara utilizes traditional Burgundian winemaking techniques, including gentle gravity-flow transport, open-top fermentations, and aging in fine French oak barrels. This minimal-intervention approach coaxes out a beautiful tension between bright, crisp acidity and deep, complex red fruit flavors, capturing the true soul 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)
14-14.5%