Fragrant, plush, delicious.
A fragrant melange of wild purple berries and black raspberries, vanilla, star anise, violets and forest floor with a savoury core of bacon fat. The palate is plush, for a Pinot; tealeaf, cocoa, leather and fine spice line the palate.
Always a fresh and modern style, consistently delicious.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - January 11th, 2018

Expressive, silky, harmonious.
Forest berries and sour cherry, vanilla, tealeaf, red plums and licorice, violets and exotic spice aromas are expressed. It is supple and fresh with generous fruit; concentrated yet vibrant it trails spice and pipe tobacco on a persistent finish.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - September 25th, 2020

Expressive, silky, harmonious.
La Crema falls under the umbrella of Jackson Family Wines, which have around three dozen wineries and estates around the world, including Kendall-Jackson. The La Crema brand offers consistent Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and a rose wine from Sonoma and Monterey. This Sonoma Pinot suggests aromas of sweet cherries and wild purple berries, smoked paprika, beet greens, leather, pipe tobacco and violets. The palate is silky and lashed with sweet juicy fruit layered with baking spices and earth. A harmonious and generous Pinot.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - May 3rd, 2021

Floral, silky, savoury.
Expect smoked cherries and dried rose petals, brown spice, vanilla, leather and tealeaf on the nose.The palate is supple with a silky texture and echoes the nose with its sweet yet savoury character. Good balance here, a classic La Crema.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - May 30th, 2019

Fragrant, silky, effusive.
An effusive California Cabernet, which doles out generous aromas of cassis and blueberries, sarsaparilla, mocha a leather. The palate is equally as alluring and approachable; it is fresh and jammy with a silky texture. A mouthfilling and modern wine with sweet tannins.

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Wine Scores Reviewed - May 6th, 2019