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Wine Details
Price:
$36.00 per bottle
Description:
With the rapid vanishing of the Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir from our tasting room, this vineyard designate Pinot from the now famous Ashley's vineyard has proudly taken the throne as our most elegant offering. The relatively new Santa Rita Hills appellation has enjoyed its share of great press recently, and the quality of fruit from this particular vineyard was inspirational. In keeping with the Consilience style of expressive wines, the cherry and strawberry aromas are almost ethereal, and lead into the classic silky texture and flavor ensemble so defining of great Pinot Noir. Some wines seem to go so well with a particular setting, and we recommend drinking this one with somebody you really like.
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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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