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2002 PINOT NOIR ESTATE GROWN

2002 PINOT NOIR ESTATE GROWN Wine Details
Price: $25.00 per bottle

Description: 1596 cases produced. This is the signature wine of Bethel Heights estate vineyard with its unique configuration of soils, slopes, and clones evolved over 25 years, certified sustainably grown under international standards. 2002 was an exceptionally long, warm growing season, yielding luscious wines. This wine was aged 14 months in French oak and bottled unfiltered. It offers intense black cherry fruit with hints of black pepper. Elegant, fragrant, supple, bright. "Firm and nicely focused to show its peppery black cherry flavors, balanced well with fine tannins and just enough acidity to give it zest. Finishes with a floral, cedary touch. Cries out for food. Roast chicken, anyone?" (90) The Wine Spectator

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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