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Wine Details
Price:
$45.00 per bottle
Description:
This garnet colored wine exhibits explosive, complex ripe red fruit aromas along with hints of spice, flowers and savory steak tartar. The flavors mirror some of the aromas although the complexity of the fruit and spices defiantly overshadowed the raw meat character I found in the nose. This is a relatively mouth filling wine that has great texture and balance. It is powerful but yet at the same time not overpowering. Although drinking well now it will surly reward aging.
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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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