Pinot Noir

Tuesday Quick Sip – 2006 Papapietro Perry Peter’s Vineyard Pinot Noir

2006 Papapietro Perry Peter’s Vineyard Pinot Noir Wine Information – Appellation: Russian River Valley Grape: 100% Pinot Noir Oak program: 11 months in 50% new French oak and 50% 1st and 2nd use Alcohol: 14.25% Price: $49 Production: 1200 cases My Tasting Notes – Nose: yam, violet, cedar, blackberry Taste: plum, currant, cedar, violet, peppercorn, [...]

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Tuesday Quick Sip – 2007 Wild Horse Vineyards Pinot Noir

2007 Wild Horse Vineyards Pinot Noir Wine Information Appellation: Central Coast (Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County) Grape: 100% Pinot Noir Cooperage: 10 months in 25% new French Oak Price: ~ $22 My Tasting Notes nose: plum, raspberry, cedar and earth taste: cedar, red currant, wet earth and cherry mouthfeel: medium body, fair [...]

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Pinot Noir Tasting at The Wine Cellar

This Friday at the Wine Cellar Jeff will be focusing on Pinot Noir. Pinot Noir by many accounts is the most difficult grape to care for in the vineyard and to manage in the cellar. The grapes tender skin is highly sensitive to climate variations, and is best suited to cooler climates, where in hotter [...]

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A Gift from Santa… Santa Cruz that is!

For Christmas my sister in law Tesla and her husband Stefano brought us what turned out to be a fabulous Pinot Noir, from a local winery that is just down the road from their house in Santa Cruz, California. What they gave us was the 2004 McHenry Estate Bottled Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir. Their [...]

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