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Wine Details
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We think you will agree that our second vintage of Pinot Noir from the Santa Lucia wine region is wonderful and an excellent food friendly choice. The hand picked grapes were gently pressed and fermented in a temperature controlled environment. The wine barrel aged in new French oak for 12 months. This wine has a beautiful raspberry nose and is a delicious balance of fruit, spice, and earth. A perfect choice with pork, lamb, salmon, and sautéed mushrooms.
SILVER MEDAL WINNER: Santa Cruz Commercial Wine Competition
SILVER MEDAL WINNER: San Francisco Bay Wine Competition
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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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