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Wine Details
Price:
$35.00 per bottle
Description:
The 2002 vintage was one of the best vintages we've seen out of a string of strong vintages. The harvest was warm and dry, and we were able to pick at our leisure when the fruit was optimally ripe. This Reserve Pinot Noir is a deep ruby color. It exhibits complex aromas of fresh fruits, wild berries and exotic spices. The flavors are ripe and juicy with hints meat and toasty oak in the background. The mid palate is medium weight with nice juicy acidity and just enough tannin to give the wine a nice long finish. The complexity of this wine should enable it to match with a variety of different foods.
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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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Optima:
Recent crossing of Riesling and Sylvaner grape with the Muller-Thurgau. Widely grown in the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region of Germany and used for blending purposes in the white wines of the region.
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