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Pinot Noir “The Kilmore”

Pinot Noir “The Kilmore” Wine Details
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Description: What we have achieved with The Kilmore Pinot Noir is very site specific. This 11 barrel lot is mostly Pommard clone Pinot Noir and is evenly split between Bob Hanson’s Cummin’s Ridge Vineyard and the Kalita Vineyard owned by Arthur and Sherri Kalita. Each site is in the new appellation called the Yamhill/Carlton District where the Willakenzie soil type uniquely shapes the wines from fruit grown there. The wines are rich and full bodied with black fruits and dark coffee. This ripe 2004 Pinot Noir is very rich and fragrant with a violet perfume and black fruit and coffee notes on the palate.

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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