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James Laube Tastes Sideways Through Santa Barbara Futures:
Late to the Pinot party? Check out the newest wines going on advance sale...So if you want to lock in an allocation of Pinot Noir from small producers such as Bonaccorsi, Loring or Sea Smoke, here's your opportunity...
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Robert Parker in the Wine Advocate:
"Bonaccorsi is the highly regarded sommelier at Spago restaurant in Los Angeles. He produces impressive Pinot Noir and Chardonnay... Readers need to get on Bonaccorsi's mailing list."
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Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar:
"2000 Pinot Noir Santa Barbara County: Good medium red. Nose combines raspberry, crème de mur, smoked meat and Christmas spices. Lush, sweet and dense, with generous red fruit, smoke and spice flavors in the middle and on the persistent finish. Tannins are ripe and sweet. 90 Points."
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Robert Parker in the Wine Advocate:
"The well-known sommelier for Spago has turned out an impressive Syrah. Provencal herbs and peppery, chocolately cassis fruit, it is an incredibly spicy style of Syrah with an aromatic explosion followed by medium to full-bodied supple flavors. It's like a French Crozes Hermitage on steroids. 90 Points."
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Los Angeles Times:
"Wine of the Week" 2000 Bonaccorsi Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara County "...Ripe sweet fruit overlain with notes of spice and berries. Older vines contribute body and finesse to this cashmere-weight red. It's a luxury wine at a good price."
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Fred Dame of Paterno Imports:
"Mike has translated all of his passion as a sommelier into his wines. He has produced Chardonnay and Pinot Noir that are intense with varietal character yet balanced so that they may be enjoyed today or cellared for future pleasure."
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Larry Stone, Master Sommelier, Rubicon Restaurant, San Francisco:
"Master Sommelier Mike Bonaccorsi has created wines of superb balance and harmony in the first two vintages of his career. I always thought that a winemaker with a great store of tasting experience would have an advantage over a purely technically trained enologist. Bonaccorsi is proof of this, and he surely must be proud of his work."
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Gary Fishman of Wally's in Los Angles:
"Michael Bonaccorsi has hand-crafted 325 cases of a big, wonderfully complex wild-yeast Pinot Noir that places him in the league of this fickle varietal's best producers."
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Steve Gilbertson of North Berkeley Wines:
A new sensation! ...We can identify a touch in his wine: power with finesse.
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Bob Wesley of Lazy Acres in Santa Barbara:
"Master Sommelier, Master Winemaker. His premier efforts show remarkable richness, definition and length."
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2009 Pink by Black Rose of Pinot - 
2006 Bonaccorsi Pinot Noir - St. Rita Hills
