The Pisoni Family hand-crafts the Pisoni Estate and Lucia wines from vineyards they farm in the Santa Lucia Highlands: Pisoni, Garys' and Soberanes Vineyards. Producing Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah, the family focuses on limited quantities of these vineyard-specific bottlings. This is a snapshot of the 2012 vintage of these wines as reviewed by Jeb Dunnuck in Robert Parker's Wine Advocate. www.PisoniVineyards.com www.LuciaVineyards.com

1. Pisoni & LUCIA
in Robert Parker’s
Wine Advocate ESTATE
Probably the wine of the vintage from the Santa Lucia Highlands, the 2012 Pinot Noir Estate comes all from the granite soils
of the Pisoni Estate vineyard, which is located in the southern end (which means the fog clears off earlier and warmer temps) of
the appellation. It offers rocking aromas and flavors of crème de cassis and black raspberry fruit, big minerality, spring flowers
and forest floor to go with a full-bodied, structured and classy feel on the palate. While it’s hard to resist now, it has the depth,
richness and tannic structure to evolve nicely through 2022. — Jeb Dunnuck
94 points | 2012 Lucia Chardonnay Soberanes Vineyard
94 points | 2012 Lucia Pinot Noir Soberanes Vineyard
94 points | 2012 Lucia Syrah Soberanes Vineyard
Aged 16 months in 50% new French oak and fermented with 100% whole-cluster (the 2011 saw 70%), the 2012 Syrah
Soberanes Vineyard is a serious effort in a vintage that produced way too many mid-weight, superficial efforts. Loaded with
peppery herbs, black fruits, crushed rock and gamey nuances, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a tight, structured feel
plus beautiful length. It will be better in another year and evolve nicely through 2024. — Jeb Dunnuck
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October, 2014
96 points | 2012 Pisoni Pinot Noir Estate
More ripe and voluptuous than the Santa Lucia Highlands release (although I don’t think it’s any better), the 2012 Chardonnay
Soberanes Vineyard has rock-star notes of apple blossom, white flowers, peach cobbler and salty minerality to go with a medium
to full-bodied, layered and pure feel on the palate. It’s another superb Chardonnay from this team that shouldn’t be missed.
— Jeb Dunnuck
Coming from a Santa Lucia Highlands vineyard that was planted in 2006, the 2012 Pinot Noir Soberanes Vineyard is thrilling
stuff that’s up with the crème de la crème of the vintage. Loaded with perfumed red and black fruits, mushroom, cured meats
and spice, it shows the darker, more earthy side to the variety. Medium to full-bodied, beautifully layered and textured, it’s a killer
bottle of wine to drink over the coming 4-6 years, possibly longer. — Jeb Dunnuck
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2. 95 points | 2012 Lucia Pinot Noir Garys’ Vineyard
The richest and most concentrated in the lineup, and a wine that blew me away, the 2012 Pinot Noir Garys’ Vineyard offers
thrilling notes of crème de cassis, black raspberry and Asian spice to go with a full-bodied, layered, seamless and textured feel on
the palate. Nothing is out of place here, it has solid mid-palate depth, and a lively, pure and focused style that keeps you coming
back to the glass. Enjoy this beauty anytime over the coming 7-8 years. — Jeb Dunnuck
95 points | 2012 Lucia Syrah Garys’ Vineyard
Fermented all in upright oak tanks, the 2012 Syrah Garys’ Vineyard is another surprisingly structured, tannic effort that will
benefit from short-term cellaring. Black fruits, coffee bean, smoke and knockout minerality all emerge from this beauty, and it
has full-bodied richness and depth, big texture and a terrific finish. — Jeb Dunnuck
94 points | 2012 Lucia Chardonnay Santa Lucia Highlands
A smoking effort that will give a number of more expensive Burgundies a run for their money, the 2012 Chardonnay Santa
Lucia Highlands is loaded with mineral-drenched white flowers, citrus, lychee nut and brioche-like aromas and flavors. Aged 11
months in 35% new French oak and bottled unfined and unfiltered, it flows onto the palate with an elegant, taut and focused
feel that carries solid concentration and acidity. Enjoy this knockout Chardonnay over the coming 4-6 years. — Jeb Dunnuck
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October, 2014
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95 points | 2012 Lucia Syrah Susan’s Hill
The 2012 Syrah Susan’s Hill comes all from a small, windswept plot of vines in the Pisoni Vineyard. Seeing 40-45% whole cluster
and aged 16 months in 50% new French oak, it offers up an Hermitage-like feel in its blackberry, plum, powdered rock, graphite
and licorice. Inky, full-bodied, concentrated and rich, it will have 10-12 years of longevity. — Jeb Dunnuck
92 points | 2012 Lucia Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands
Coming from the Soberanes, Garys’ and Pisoni vineyards, the 2012 Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands has an un-2012 level
of concentration and richness, yet it stays seamless and elegant on the palate. Possessing a ripe bouquet of blackberry, toasted
spice, ground herbs and tinges of minerality, it’s an impressive Pinot Noir that will have upward of a decade of longevity.
— Jeb Dunnuck
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