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Wine Details
Price:
$22.00 per bottle
Description:
he fruit for this wine came from two vineyards near Boonville in Anderson Valley. 78% is from the Ferrington Vineyard, which is Dijon clone 115. 22% is from the Langley Vineyard which is Martini clone. The grapes were de-stemmed and fermented using three commercial yeasts and natural yeast equally divided among the small, one ton fermentors. The wine was aged in French and Hungarian oak, 40% of which was new, for 18 months before bottling in May, 2001. Cola and red fruit dominate the nose. Rich flavors of raspberry, pomegranate and chocolate are just beginning to emerge from behind the vanilla and oak from the new barrels, promising a powerful but smooth wine for years to come.
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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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