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Wine Details
Price:
$14.99 per bottle
Description:
In many ways this grape represents the embodiment of winemaking. So many varietals seem to make themselves, while Pinot Noir demands constant cultivation and attention. Pinot Noir offers an incomparable bouquet and elegant flavor. Our Pinot Noir is fruity, yet dry and has an extraordinary compatibility with food. While it is very well matched with more delicate and subtle dishes, Pinot Noir is irresistible when paired with more highly seasoned, smoked and even spicy dishes. Our Pinot, is aged in a blend of French and American Oak for a period of eight to nine months. The staggering aromas and juicy, fruit flavors of black cherry and raspberry create a mysterious and seductive wine that also confines a slight mushroom undertone and smell of the earth from which it came.
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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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