Our superb wine-growing region is
gaining a lot of attention from the media, and we’re
quite thrilled that our vineyard and our wines are sometimes
profiled. You can read a few excepts below.
 "Very
Burgundian"
2006 Cargasacchi Vineyard
Pinot Noir - 94 points
A very "Burgundian" Pinot Noir in the mushroom,
pine needle and herb scents that accompany the deeper
fruit flavors of black cherries and red currants, accented
with savory clove spice. Structurally, the wine shows
a brilliant architecture of firm tannins and crisp acids,
with a deft touch of oak. Really a treat to drink, and
should evolve for many years.
Steve Heimoff, Wine Enthusiast
 The
Santa Barbara Edge
Wine Spectator featured our
vineyards in an article on grapegrowers at the frontier
of California vineyard expansion that help define a
region:
"The Cargasacchi Vineyard
Pinot Noirs have been consistently very good to outstanding.
The site usually yields a fairly hefty style of Pinot,
with excellent depth to berry, blueberry, spice and
erath nuances."
Read the complete article here.
One Last Summer Wine Tour...
 Grape
Nutz toured the Cargasacchi vineyards with Peter
- read the full article here.
 World
of Pinot Noir
Peter Cargasacchi, the namesake
for this brand, is a hardworking farmer, winegrower,
winemaker, and cattle wrangler. Somehow, in the midst
of being a gentleman farmer, he manages to create sublime
pinot noirs from his estate vineyard. Though this brand
is relatively young, it has already produced dazzling
pinot noir and, from the looks of it, these wines will
only continue to get better. Peter knows his vineyards
inside and out, so his wines possess true varietal character
and are as lovely as they are austere.
 Pinot
at the Edge
Patrick Comiskeym in the Wine
Review Online, made some interesting comparisons
of wines from Cargasacchi vineyard:
The Santa Rita Hills, and Cargasacchi
in particular, represent an interesting paradox in trying
to direct a clear eye to California Pinot Noir at this
moment in time. Clonal developments--technology, in
short--have made formerly untenable places viable for
the grape, which in turn has led to unexpected results
and vastly different wine styles. But at the end of
the day the winemaker decides when to pick when and
what to make of the raw material that nature has provided.
He decides whether Pinot will taste like a thing we
know, or morph into something we no longer recognize.
Read the full article here.
Santa
Barbara: Pinot Noir comes on strong in Santa Rita Hills
and Santa Maria Valley
James Laube, in Wine Spectator,
discussed how Sta. Rita Hills had benefited from new
clones, new vineyard methods and lessons learned from
mistakes made in Santa Maria Valley:
"When Cargasacchi planted
the first 12 acres of his vineyard, in 1998, it looked
as if he had taken the ultimate risk - planting grapes
in a damp, windy area famous for its bone-chilling proximity
to the churning Pacific Ocean a few miles to the west.
Now he looks less like a gambler and more like a visionary
sitting on a gold mine of a vineyard."
Read the full article here.
 A
Select Tasting of California Pinot Noirs:
2005 Cargasacchi Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir
Beautifully lifted and light,
there's a gentleness to this Pinot with its scents of
wild strawberry and plums. Nicely balanced with a bit
of complexity and an earthy bottom note that grounds
the wine and gives it length. One of the prettier wines
on the table.
Five
Great Santa Barbara Vineyards to Watch
In 1998, in one of the coldest corners in the Santa
Barbara region, Peter Cargasacchi planted a 16-acre
Pinot Noir vineyard on his family's bean farm on the
far western edge of Santa Rita Hills. On a recent afternoon,
he pointed out the ancient calcareous seabed subsoils
visible as white streaks in the surrounding hillsides
under loamy clay topsoils and then launched into a monologue
on vineyard soils. It's his favorite topic, and he shares
his enthusiasm in a rat-a-tat recitation of facts about
his land.
Read
the full article here
 Santa
Rita Hills in Three Days…
Peter’s passion for his vineyard was obvious
the minute we got out of the truck and started walking
up the rows.
Read the full report.
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