2008 SEQUANA SUNDAWG RIDGE VINEYARD
“You’ll find an unusual note of freshly crushed black pepper in this Pinot Noir. Not overwhelming,
but enough to vie with the cherries, cola and sandalwood. It’s an excellent wine, dry and silky…”
90 Points | Wine Enthusiast
“Medium ruby color; deep cinnamon, spiced plum and cherry aromas; deep, complex, focused
plum and cherry flaavors with cardamom and sandalwood notes; some fine tannins; sweet oak;
good structure and balance; long finish. Deep and complex with terrific, many layered flavors.
Needs time to open up but worth the wait!”
93 Points | PinotReport
“Pinot whiz James MacPhail crafts the Sequana wines for the Hess Collection, and this second release
from Sarmento offers an impressively spicy nose of nutmeg, soy, ripe strawberry and cola,
yielding remarkably bright red-fruit accents in a Santa Lucia package.”
Top 100 wines of 2010 | San Francisco Chronicle
2008 SEQUANA SANTA LUCIA HIGHLANDS, SARMENTO VINEYARD
“Winemaker James MacPhail brings his touch to this
ripe, delicious Pinot Noir. It explodes in raspberries
and cherries, but it’s no fruit bomb. Shows fine acidity and even a dusting of tannins that provide
structural integrity. Really nice now, and should develop over the next 4-6 years.”
91 Points | Wine Enthusiast
2008 SEQUANA DUTTON RANCH
“Firm, intense, concentrated and complex, with ripe plum and cherry fruit that’s full-bodied…
Drink now through 2015.”
91 Points | Wine Spectator
“Ultra-rich and forward in fruit, and what’s wrong with that? Floods the palate with pie filling flavors of
cherries and raspberries with a rich coating of oak that adds vanilla, buttered toast and caramel. The
richness is balanced with a crisp acidity."
91 Points | Wine Enthusiast