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Producing the 2003 Siduri Amber Rose Pinot Noir required almost as much patience and determination as the little girl herself. We endeavored to find one single lot of wine that captured the spirit and character of Amber but couldn't quite come up with it. So we set about tasting and blending, tasting and blending. Finally, we came up with just the right wine, a mix of seven wines, all vineyard designated blends from the vintage. The wine is 18% Clos Pepe Vineyard Pinot Noir, 18% Cargasacchi Vineyard Pinot Noir, 18% Pisoni Vineyard Pinot Noir, 18% Shaw Mountain Vineyard Pinot Noir, 9% Muirfield Vineyard Pinot Noir, 9% Keefer Vineyard Pinot Noir, and 9% Olivet Grange Vineyard Pinot Noir. The wine reflects the best of Siduri Pinot Noir...lush, concentrated, seamless, with lively fruit, a lush texture, and good finishing acidity and tannins. It is a testament to blending, to hard work, to patience. It is a testament to Amber Rose herself.
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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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