Big Basin Homestead 2019
Red
Santa Cruz Mountains, United States
7.6
WineSaint
Powerful and brooding, with blackberry and plum cascading through layers of leather and graphite. The mountain fruit shows serious concentration, framed by woodsy herbs and a hint of violet. Formidable tannins need cellaring through 2027.
blackberryplumleathergraphite
Label
Big Basin
→Big Basin works with cool-climate Santa Cruz Mountains sites and reaches into the Central Coast for old-vine Rhône and Carignan fruit, producing Pinot Noir and Chardonnay alongside varieties most California producers overlook.