The single wine from this Chardonnay exclusive producer shows elegant structure and lively style with toasty oak and intruiging hints of spice; complex and graceful

Our favorite of the experimental clones. The smoked bacon and underbrush aromas turn to a big mouthful of juicy black cherries and licorice, accented with a dusting of earth. It's a big, lush Pinot that finishes with chocolate-covered cherries.

Medium-deep ruby color; earth tones, black cherry and floral, violet note; deep and rich on palate, with black cherry blackberry and a hint of chocolate; great structure, long finish. The rich and ripe flavors along with classic structure make this Pinot outstanding.

When first poured, this is as bright as the sun reflecting off the beach. So bright, it's hard to catch the bottom notes, the fruit slowly revealed below all the dusty red spice that hovers like a cloud-thread of perfume. A chocolate note of tannin emerges as the dust begins to settle, along with a deeper tone of black olives and dense red fruit. But the tension continues, a contrast of grounded strength with elusive perfume, feverish as a young wine and well worth following as it ages.

A complicated wine with two separate personalities. First, it shows some of the greener aspects of Santa Maria Pinot, edging forward with scents of fennel, anise, roasted carrots, yams. . .as if an unformed mash of holiday flavors. Then there's the raspberry side, the brightness of color developing into a bright fruit flavor as it gives up the initial blackness. The fruit yields from an espresso-like tannin, intense & impacted, growing ever more powerful in the glass. Give this several years in the cellar to resolve & it should prove fascinating (1200 cases).

Exhibits buttery popcorn notes, rich full-bodied, powerful purity, and the longest finish, with the most intensity and nuances. It is a fabulous Chardonnay capable of lasting 4-5 years. These are all handsomely rendered Chardonnays.

It's fascinating to taste a wine from a single clone, especially when it tastes this good. This wine starts off with a lot of raspy high tones, like rosin or radish, then slowly settles into its deeper black cherry and black fig flavors with air. Oak melds into the fruit with a lasting aroma of cherry wood smoke, and that finishing note seems endless, wrapped around a succulent black fruit flavor. The impression is dynamic and intense without a lot of weight.

Cambria is not as well known as it should be in Canada. This is what Santa Barbara pinot is all about. The reserve is clear notch about regular version in intensity, flavour and wieght---with superb balance. Look for gobs of cranberry/black cherry fruit flavours in along luscios, showy finish

World Series! Fragrant nose of black cherries and smoke. Very rich, saturated, dense black fruit flavors with tar and smoke. A big Pinot Noir.

Santa Barbara Dreamin'…Part Two Racy and explosive on the palate, the 2016 Pinot Noir Clone 2A shows the more overt side of Santa Maria Pinot. Super-ripe red cherry, raspberry jam, rose petal and mint all grace this extroverted, undeniably alluring Pinot. The Clone 2A is quite forward in style and yet retains plenty of class.

Another flagship release is the 2015 Pinot Noir Signature Collection Barbara's Clone 667, which comes from a single clone planted in Julia’s Vineyard and spent 14 months in 70% new French oak. It's slightly more ruby-colored and gives up a more Burgundian bouquet of spiced cherries, forest floor, and dried herbs. It's medium to full-bodied, has terrific purity, and a supple, elegant, layered texture that carries ripe tannins. Drink it over the coming decade.

The 2013 Pinot Noir Clone 2A is one of the best wines in the Cambria lineup. Rich and explosive from the outset, the 2013 possesses striking mid-palate richness, voluptuous texture and tons of up-front fruit. All the elements meld into place in an effortless, gracious Pinot that is firing on all cylinders today. The 2A is a great example of the Cambria house style.

A big, rich, meaty effort, the 2012 Pinot Noir Clone 23 is another release that was fermented and aged in 100% new French oak. Bacon, leather, pepper, black raspberry and sweet cassis all flow from this muscular, rich and concentrated effort. It has a rocking mid-palate, notable balance and terrific length. Drink bottles anytime over the coming 5-7 years.

Medium-deep ruby color; deep, earthy, herbal aromas; deep, stewed cherry flavors with earthy notes, some oak and tannin; good structure and balance; long finish. Deep, rich Pinot with lots of earthy notes.

One of a number of clone-specific bottlings from winemaker Denise Shurtleff, this isn’t a shy pinot noir by any stretch. There’s plenty of new oak, along with warmth from alcohol, but the fruit remains light and bright, tinted toward strawberries and acidity with the ping of pomegranate seeds. It has a sunny persistence that’s appealing and it could use more time in bottle to settle into itself—its beguiling fragrance seems to unfurl as it takes on air.

The 2011 Pinot Noir Clone 115 is one of the more fragrant wine in this range of single clone Pinots. The Clone 115 wafts from the glass with sweet red berries, dried flowers, spices and mint, all in a high-toned, feminine style that is all about grace. Today the Clone 115 is firing on all cylinders. Here, too the wine's balance is simply impeccable.

The 2011 Pinot Noir Clone 2A is gorgeous! Loaded with raspberry, wild strawberry, incense, mint and spice aromas and flavors, it flows onto the palate with a seamless, pure texture, no hard edges and beautifully polished tannin. Long, elegant and supple, with fantastic length, it will impress over the coming 7-8 years. Drink now-2021.

All the elements come together in the 2011 Pinot Noir Clone 23, a wine that speaks first and foremost about total balance and harmony. The 2011 has everything; from expressive aromatics, plenty of mid-palate pliancy and impeccable proportion. A creamy, textured finish supported by plenty of underlying material rounds things out nicely.

Bright ruby. A heady, complex bouquet displays scents of candied dark berries, incense and potpourri, with a bright mineral nuance adding lift and focus. Juicy, penetrating and sweet on the palate, offering vibrant black raspberry and cherry-cola flavors and showing seamless texture. Weighty but lithe and precise, finishing with superb clarity, silky tannins and a touch of bitter rhubarb.

A supple, medium-bodied red wine that's packed with aromas of cherry, red plum and cedar smoke. Cherry-berry festival for your mouth. Lively and silky. Great structure and mouth-watering juiciness. Some dried herbs and fresh earth on the finish. Try it with planked salmon. Bring it -- to my house please.

This small-production Pinot is ripe and intense. It immediately strikes you with the sheer opulence of its cherry and blueberry flavors. But the structure is immaculate, with pure, refined tannins, plus bright, zesty acids. It has a lot of alcohol, and the wine is a bit wars, but Pinot-friendly foods like steak and lamb will help to balance it.

2009 Pinot Clone 667 is gorgeous. It captures the estate's search for richness while maintaining considerable freshness and aromatic complexity. Dark red fruit, flowers, spices and crushed rocks come together gracefully in this articulated, beautifully delineated Pinot. The Clone 667 was fermented in open-top neutral French oak barrels, and aged for ten months in oak prior to being bottled unfined and unfiltered.

One of Year's Best Pinot Noir's - Denise Shurtleff blends this wine from estate blocks planted on shallow, shaley soil above the Santa Maria bench. The mix of clonal selections yields layers of meaty flavor, the tannin complex and dynamic, the ripe cherry fruit intermingling with the structure and lending transparency to the finish. There's a gloss to the flavors, a graceful finesse that belies the wine's power. The structure is substantial enough to match rognons de veau with mushrooms.

Cambria released a range of pinot noirs made from individual clones, some Dijon, some heritage clones from California. Clone 4, also known as the Pommard clone, is the original planting at Julia's Vineyard, with vines dating back to 1970. The plants have used that time to acclimate themselves to the cool benchlands of Santa Maria, producing a bright, spicy pinot noir with refreshing length of flavor. It's lovely and complete, a combination of red raspberry, bright strawberry and darker, savory hints of plum. Decant a bottle for duck rillettes.