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Wine Details
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Description:
Quintessential Pinot Noir aromas of lilac, root beer, black cherry, and plum are complimented by vanilla, cedar, and maple-glazed bacon from the oak. Initially the wine’s flavors are red fruit driven and almost juicy with mouthwatering acidity. With fine dusty tannins in the mid-palate, it is texturally more similar to a full-bodied white wine than a red at first. With slight aeration the wine quickly gains weight and texture as the black current, plum, and blueberry flavors emerge. The oak responds to reveal both decadent chocolate and coffee, which support the fruit aromatically and also adds structure by increasing the wine’s texture and richness throughout the palate. Ultimately the wine is quite rich but with a restraint that allows a wide range of subtle aromatics to appear.
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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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