The 2020 Pinot Noir Julia's Vineyard emerges from the oldest vines at Cambria, own-rooted Pinot planted in 1972. Crushed red berry fruit, mint, spice, sage and dried herbs are nicely lifted. There's an attractive savory quality to the 2020, even though all of the fruit was destemmed. This mid-weight, ethereal Pinot is a real charmer.

Terpene-laced aromas of damp herb and forest floor pick up umami-laden scents of dried meat on the nose of this bottling. The palate combines rugged tar, blood sausage and dried-meat flavors with sagebrush and seasoning salts on the savory palate.

The 2020 Pinot Noir Julia's Vineyard offers a spicy, complex style as well, with plenty of mulled red fruits, sassafras, and spice aromatics, medium-bodied richness, bright acidity, and a clean finish. It's a little clipped on the finish, but this is still an enjoyable Pinot Noir.