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Wine Details
Price:
$45.10 per bottle
Description:
Composed of our 5 clones of Pinot Noir, the 2004 growing season resulted in a full, rich wine with 13.7% alcohol. The crop again had extended cold maceration and was split into two batches: one was hot fermented, resulting in dark, earthy flavours, and the other cold-fermented, to maintain more of the Vancouver Island rich dark black cherry fruit character. This vintage has really come together well over 2006 and will continue to improve for several years. The wine was finished in French Nevers oak (50% new, 50% one year old) and is unfined and unfiltered. Decant the entire bottle before serving, as you may find some sediment composed mostly of tartrates. Sealed with a crown cap to better preserve the quality of the wine.
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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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