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Wine Details
Price:
$28.00 per bottle
Description:
Here is a stylish wine: medium body, full meaty character and raspberry fruit, with just enough French oak for nuance. Judd Pinot Noir has balanced tannins and that unique Burgundian charm. Pair the wine with our wonderful California fusion menus. Try the 2004 Judd Pinot Noir with hot smoked salmon, Chinoise style barbecued turkey, or grilled Asian quail. Pour yourself a glass, and marvel as the wild-berry notes pop out immediately and the richness evolves minute by minute. Wine is truly a living thing.
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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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