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Wine Details
Price:
$33.50 per bottle
Description:
Our flagship... the richest, most vibrant and intense blend that we produce. From rim to center, the color is rich and vibrant with highlights of dark garnet. The bright aromas of raspberries, cherries, strawberry jam, graphite, spice, nutmeg, earth and toasty oak are heightened with hints of blue fruits. On the palate, the wine follows with the aromatics and luscious fruit. A warm, dry year in the Willamette Valley pushing a vintage that was very big and succulent with fine tannins. The firm structure lends personality and persists effortlessly on the long and fine finish. Attractive now ... but will show considerable refinement with short-term cellaring.
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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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