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Oak Savanna Cellars Pinot Noir

Oak Savanna Cellars Pinot Noir Wine Details
Price: $36.00 per bottle

Description: "The grapes for this wine come from the cool coastal foothills of the Bien Nacido Vineyard, from a gently sloping vineyard block. Yields were maintained quite low (around 1.5 tons per acre) to help promote increased ripeness of tannins and intensity of the wine’s character. The wine is remarkably dark for Pinot Noir, which immediately tempts you in to take a whiff. In the nose you will find raspberries, chocolate, and a wonderful earthy/spiciness that rounds out with a hint of balanced toasty-oak quality from the 20 months spent in great French Oak Barrels. In the mouth you will taste what the color and nose hinted at…a wonderfully rich, layered and complex wine. The wine retains a certain level of “freshness” from the natural acidity of the wine, which helps to prevent the wine from ever appearing “heavy”. All in all a balanced and ageworthy Pinot Noir." - Andrew Murray, Winemaker

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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