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Wine Details
Price:
$34.00 per bottle
Description:
This is the most recent Vintage Reserve release sine our 2001. We only make a reserve when a vintage shows exceptional quality and true characteristics of the Pinot Noir grape. This limited production has had extended time in French Oak to enhance it's inherent character. With a devotion to quality possible only through personal attention, every bottle is made with the philosophy to produce an exquisite had crafted Pinot Noir. On the palate this wine is supple and round with flavors of smoky fruits and spices.
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Varietal Definition
Pinot Noir:
The name is derived from the French words for ‘pine’ and ‘black’ alluding to the varietals' tightly clustered dark purple pine cone shaped bunches of fruit. Pinot Noir grapes are grown around the world, mostly in the cooler regions, but the grape is chiefly associated with the Burgundy region of France. It is widely considered to produce some of the finest wines in the world, but is a difficult variety to cultivate and transform into wine. By volume most Pinot Noir in America is grown in California with Oregon coming in second. Other regions are Washington State and New York.During 2004 and the beginning of 2005, Pinot Noir became considerably more popular amongst consumers in the United States, possibly because of the movie Sideways. Being lighter in style, it has benefited from a trend toward more restrained, less alcoholic wines. It is the delicate, subtle, complex and elegant nature of this wine that encourages growers and winemakers to cultivate this difficult grape. Robert Parker has described Pinot Noir: "When it's great, Pinot Noir produces the most complex, hedonistic, and remarkably thrilling red wine in the world."
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