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Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

Russian River Valley Pinot Noir Wine Details
Price: $32.00 per bottle

Description: This juicy, exuberant Pinot Noir has an intriguing touch of cola that suggests pairing it with spit-roasted, pastured chicken, grilled pork with wild mushrooms or a sandwich of barbecued flank steak. These foods highlight and accent the wine’s generous fruit profile. Smooth and succulent, the 2002 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir finishes with a degree of soft tannins, indicating the wine is poised for a long life of increasing complexity. Enjoy its youthful charms, and in the coming years, be thankful you have aged a few bottles in your cellar.

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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