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Wine Details
Price:
$16.00 per bottle
Description:
This is our newest wine that blends several Pinot Noir vineyards chosen for their distinct qualities. It is strictly a Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir, blended to make a unique table wine for your everyday consumption. Some of the vineyard sources for these grapes were: Casa Cassara Estate vineyard (SRH) Carriaga (Los Alamos), Babcock (SRH), and a small amount of Burning Creek Vineyard (SRH). This wine matches so well with any form of BBQ smoked meats and vegetables. Accompany with bold cheeses and acidic fruits for a new palate experience. Light enough to compliment lunches as well as everyday dinner cuisine. Bolder salads including field greens, blue cheese, nuts and fruit match excellently.
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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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