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Wine Details
Price:
$35.00 per bottle
Description:
Rueben Harper, a Russian River Valley pioneer, settled here in the early 1800s. A farmer, he worked his land until he passed away in 1857. His resting place, under a stately Bay Laurel on our 20-acre Westside Road estate, overlooks the vineyard that produced grapes for this wine. This is a cool climate region that yields Pinot Noir with attractive, traditional attributes. Black cherry and mixed dark berries combine with rhubarb and earthen nuances creating a layered and complex wine, punctuated with a fantastic, extended finish.
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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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