6.9(B) - La Crema Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2014 (tie breaker)

[@DarwinsBeerReviews]

John is scary good.

[@douglaspatrick868]

Darwin's Beer Reviews He definitely earned that MS certification! He even got robbed of a point here seeing as the Russian River Valley AVA lies entirely within Sonoma County.

[@denizonder5793]

Semi finals without John wouldnt feel right.

[@bbranco010]

John is a beast!

[@stfnnlsn]

Not convinced Toni actually knew it was Pinot before hearing how sure John was.

[@mmntip]

Nope. She was going Southern Rhone, and after John she all of a sudden says new world PN.

[@alexeysergeev2151]

@@mmntip , yes, it seems she was going to suggest Grenache (red fruit, light colour) or a Grenache blend.

[@deck444]

YES! My man John Szabo will clear house in the semis!

[@askay2k]

Fuck John is so fucking good.

[@mr.g3588]

Sub-region scoring now? Szabo named Sonoma Russian River Valley (RRV bordering west of the coast) and should have gotten a green card.

[@cosmokramer4703]

It's just not fair if everyone just copies John all the time

[@Hollowind_]

So, yellow appellation and red price, but still 9? I'm happy he won though, since everything else but having him in the finals would be an error in game design ^^

[@carger1887]

This is like Mike Tyson vs infant Helen Keller.

[@Garciaabrahan65]

Beautiful wine

[@jyc313]

I've seen a good number of these and Toni just flat out does not know her wines. Sure her job as a restaurant sommelier doesn't require her to blind taste often but come-on. She totally went pinot after John say it.

[@driveralanas]

Rhône valley varietal to pinot noir is a huge jump