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Wine Details
Price:
$45.00 per bottle
Description:
This is the third vintage of what has become a real success for us. We are able to keep the top of the top of the vineyard designates while providing a wine that is within reach of restaurant’s by the glass programs. Tip; always smell the glass first before putting wine in it wherever you are! I’ve had some awful smells come out of a glass!
This wine will be ready to drink sooner than the 2003 was which, by the way, is great now. It is, once again, a blend of Melville and the Bien Nacido Q and N blocks and gives the pleasures of all three. Burgundy red color, multi layered nose of plum and cherries/raspberries and black fruit. Cocoa, vanillin is added to the mouth with a crisp acid but smooth texture and a long rich flavor and finish.
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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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