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Wine Details
Price:
$20.00 per bottle
Description:
Pavona Wines has carefully selected the highest quality grapes from the most prestigious grape growing regions of Monterey County for its Pinot Noir. Arroyo Seco and the Santa Lucia Highlands are both among the best growing regions for Pinot Noir grapes in California. The climate allows for a longer growing season which heightens the concentration of fruit flavor in this delicious wine. Pavona's Pinot Noirs have consistently received rave reviews from the wine press for their supple character and elegant varietal flavors. The 2001 Pinot Noir was patiently aged in small French oak barrels for twelve months.
Our 2001 Pinot Noir is a silky wine with delicious cherry flavors and complex oak nuances. The wine has distinctive varietal character and a rounded mouthfeel. This is an extremely versatile wine. Try it with chicken, prime rib, turkey, salmon, and soft cheeses.
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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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