"At sige Roar til en californier, der elsker pinot noir, er som at sige Ferrari til en italiener, der elsker biler", skriver Decanter om '13: "Nogle af statens mest luksuøse, koncentrerede og rige pinots laves af denne lille ejendom i Santa Lucia Highlands".
"WOW! Blev blæst omkuld af Roar's pinot noir", skrev Parker om '06. Roar er en lille vingård i Monterey nær Stillehavet (hvor vinden larmer, "roars", nær den hviner gennem vinstokkene), I dag så tæt på perfekt pinot, man kan komme i Californien. Gary leverer små mængder vin i den absolutte opklasse. Denne vin kommer fra 5 små parceller ejet af familien. Kun 1430 kasser i '13! 100% malolaktisk gæring i små egefade. Ingen klaring, intet filter -det smages! Meget rig aroma, magtfuld, men i god balance, meget lang smag.
"Leading with a nicely balanced mix of ripe cherries, sweet spice and a glimmer of dried flowers in the nose and following with lengthy, like-minded flavors, RoarÆs a Santa Lucia Highlands is a likeable effort of ample richness and size that again plays to ripeness and outgoing fruit. It is full and slightly supple in feel and offers up plenty to like now, and, like its 2013 cellarmates, it is sufficiently well-balanced to hold and improve for several years" -Connoisseurs Guide to California. Gary om vinen: "Grapes for our 2013 Santa Lucia Highlands pinot noir were harvested between September 7 and October 1. The juice spent 18-30 days on the skins before beingpressed to French oak barrels for 10 months. The wine was racked once and bottledunfiltered and unfined on July 9, 2014.Cases produced: 1,430. Alcohol:14.9%. pH: 3.79 TA: 0.56 g/100ml . Cooperage: 100% French, 70% new, 30% one-year-oldFrancois Freres, Latour, Ermitage, Remond and Cadus.""
