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Wine Details
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Description:
The grapes for the 2005 HANGTIME Pinot Noir from Edna Valley were on the vine for a minimum of 110 days. Cool evenings and slow, steady ripening produced concentrated flavors in the grapes. Tony Coltrin, our Winemaker, cold-soaked the pinot noir grapes for 4 days prior to fermentation to extract both color and character and aged the wine for 8 months in French Oak. The cool-climate of Edna Valley and our careful winemaking resulted in a pinot noir that is intense with flavors of raspberries, red currants, nutmeg and clove. Additionally, the deep, lingering finish is clear evidence of a long hangtime.
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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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