2024 Thomas Fogarty Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir
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95RP
95VN
93JG
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Wine Advocate
Reviewed October 2026A radically different wine from previous iterations of this cuvée, the 2024 Pinot Noir is effectively a "super cuvée" of all of Fogarty's estate parcels, as well as La Vida Bella, Deertheart and Mindego Ridge. Its character reflects its makeup throughout, effortlessly fusing a deep, brooding, dark-fruited core with floral overtones, hibiscus, crushed stones and alpine herbs. The palate is seamless, dense and muscular yet lifted by a beguiling elegance that flows through an intensely structured and saturated finish. This is already fantastic, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it bloom further after a few years in bottle; and I imagine it will age well into its second decade. (ML) 95+
Professional Reviews
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Vinous
The 2024 Pinot Noir (Santa Cruz Mountains) is the sole Pinot Noir in the Fogarty range in 2024, but don’t be fooled, this is not simply an “entry-level” or “appellation” wine. Instead, it was conceived as a selection—a cherry-picked blend of the best fruit from all the sites across the estate. And wow, did that work out well. Clearly a wine from a warm, generous season, the 2024 is plush, open-knit and pliant, yet it retains terrific tension, structure and minerality, all the hallmarks of the house style. Dark berries, underbrush, garrigue, blood orange and white pepper all race across the palate. Stems (about 30% in the aggregate across the blended lots) add lift and textural complexity, leading to an insanely long finish. This is one of the most undeniable over-performers I’ve encountered in a long time. Bravo, Nathan Kandler. (BN)
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John Gilman
The 2024 Pinot Noir “Santa Cruz Mountains” bottling from Thomas Fogarty comes in at an even thirteen percent octane in this vintage. The wine’s aromatic constellation is very black fruity this year, revealing scents of dark berries, cassis, espresso, a fine base of dark soil tones, incipient notes of cola, woodsmoke and cedary new oak. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and elegant in profile, with a superb core of fruit, fine-grained tannins, lovely soil undertow and grip and a long, seamlessly balanced and precise finish. This will be an outstanding wine once it is ready to drink.
Staff Reviews
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Gary Westby
Review Date: 11/2026Gary Westby
This bottling has always been one of my favorite California Pinot's, and I couldn't imagine it getting better than it had been- but it has! With a majority of estate grown fruit in the 2024, this wine is extraordinarily elegant, well balanced and classy. I love the subtle coffee, black cherry and silky mid-palate class of this wine. The back end is focused, long and savory. Too good!
Notes
High in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Woodside estate has focused on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay since its founding in 1981. Physician and inventor Dr. Thomas Fogarty established the winery with winemaker Michael Martella.
Details
| Type | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Origin | Santa Cruz Mountains, California, United States |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 2079192 |