10 Span Vineyards Pinot Noir Santa Barbara County 2014 Cordials & Liqueurs - Imported Ultimate Beverage Challenge 93 points

Ultimate Beverage Challenge 93 points - Juniper astringency on the nose is a classic introduction to this brilliantly clean and crisp gin

Amaretto liqueur is said to have been invented by the woman who modeled for Renaissance-era Italian painter

a mix of citrus rind and candy

The fruitiness expands over the palate and toasted coconut lingers on the finish

10 Span Vineyards Pinot Noir Santa Barbara County 2014 Cordials & Liqueurs - Imported Ultimate Beverage Challenge 93 pointsPinot Noir is the red wine grape of Burgundy, now adopted (and feverishly studied) in wine regions all over the world. The variety's elusive charm has carried it to all manner of vineyards, from western Germany and northern Italy to Chile, South Africa, Australia and, perhaps most notably, California, Oregon and New Zealand. It is the patriarch of the Pinot family of grape varieties so called because their bunches are similar in shape to a pine cone