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Wine Details
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Description:
The old section of our Pinot Noir Vineyard is now 25 years old. The new section of the vineyard is in its seventh year of production and adds the flavors of new and interesting clones to the mix of fruit. Tasting notes include: Very rich-with intense, deep dark flavors. This forward, slightly jammy wine has hints of cedar and a lingering finish. With deep rich color and full body, it is a concentrated and complex wine. Let this wine breathe for full enjoyment.
The grapes are from our own vineyard. Located on a hillside five miles from the Ocean, these grapes receive great sun, hot days, and cool nights. Our vineyard has been certified organic by California Certified Organic Farmers since 1980. Permanent cover crop, integrated pest management, and organic fertilizers, when needed, help to produce fruit bursting with flavor.
Our Pinot Noir vines produced four tons in 2004 - about a ton and a quarter to the acre. The grapes were harvested on September 3 at 25.5 brix. The grapes were crushed into open top tanks and allowed to ferment for 17 days until dry. The wine was innoculated with MCW for malolactic fermentation and aged in a mix of new to three year old American oak for twelve months.
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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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