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The April 2021 Auction: Part 5
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Estimate: $30
Very lightly scuffed label.
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"The 2010 Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict wraps around the palate with tons of richness and depth. With time in the glass, the fruit takes on darker, weightier shades of dimension. The element of inner tension serves to beautifully balance the voluptuous fruit in this rich yet impeccably elegant wine. The 2010 impresses for its energy and overall sense of balance. I loved it . . . . Sandhi is one of the most exciting new projects in California. The brainchild of . . . sommelier Rajat Parr and winemaker Sashi Moorman, Sandhi excels with cool-climate Chardonnays and Pinots from some of Santa Barbaraâs top sites. Things change in California at a much faster pace than is common in other parts of the world. Investor-backed projects like Sandhi often have short lives. I hope that wonât be the case here because Banks, Parr and Moorman are on to something truly special. It is quite conceivable that within a few years the Sandi Chardonnays and Pinots could become reference point, benchmark wines for Santa Barbara, and California, for that matter. The overall approach at Sandhi focuses on picking on the early side. Parr and Moorman describe the 2010 Pinot harvest as a sunny vintage that required a short cold soak and more punchdowns than normal, while 2011 was a much more classic year that they handled with no cold soak, short fermentations and pumpovers, but no punchdowns. The 2011 Pinots, which I tasted from barrel, are shaping up very nicely and include the first wines from Wenzlau and La Encantada. The 2011 Chardonnays were harder to read than the Pinots, so it will be interesting to see what direction they take over the next year or so."
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"The 2010 Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict wraps around the palate with tons of richness and depth. With time in the glass, the fruit takes on darker, weightier shades of dimension. The element of inner tension serves to beautifully balance the voluptuous fruit in this rich yet impeccably elegant wine. The 2010 impresses for its energy and overall sense of balance. I loved it . . . . Sandhi is one of the most exciting new projects in California. The brainchild of . . . sommelier Rajat Parr and winemaker Sashi Moorman, Sandhi excels with cool-climate Chardonnays and Pinots from some of Santa Barbaraâs top sites. Things change in California at a much faster pace than is common in other parts of the world. Investor-backed projects like Sandhi often have short lives. I hope that wonât be the case here because Banks, Parr and Moorman are on to something truly special. It is quite conceivable that within a few years the Sandi Chardonnays and Pinots could become reference point, benchmark wines for Santa Barbara, and California, for that matter. The overall approach at Sandhi focuses on picking on the early side. Parr and Moorman describe the 2010 Pinot harvest as a sunny vintage that required a short cold soak and more punchdowns than normal, while 2011 was a much more classic year that they handled with no cold soak, short fermentations and pumpovers, but no punchdowns. The 2011 Pinots, which I tasted from barrel, are shaping up very nicely and include the first wines from Wenzlau and La Encantada. The 2011 Chardonnays were harder to read than the Pinots, so it will be interesting to see what direction they take over the next year or so."
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