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Wine Details
Price:
$30.00 per bottle
Description:
A happy confluence of vineyard maturity and a reasonably warm year has resulted in most of our Pinot from the 2002 vintage to be bigger and, coorespondingly, fatter and happier than any previously made here at the Thomas Fogarty Winery. And when we say fat, we mean a wine of tongue-tickling texture, redolent of red fruits, strawberry and spice and echoing the autumnal season that surrounds us. Still, the skilled hands of Mr. Martella have shaped this wine into something close to perfect in terms of its’ immediate accessibility and obvious powers of seduction. You’ll love it!.
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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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