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PINOT NOIR
Pinot Noir grapes grow best in cooler climates with misty breezes. The grapes lower sugar, higher acids and lower pH contribute to wines with great aging potential yet relative delicacy. Strong cherry and strawberry aromas and flavors are often the most notable components in these wines. Pinot Noir has very specific requirements for its growing conditions. It needs warm days and cool nights. If Pinot Noir receives too little heat in the growing season, its wines are thin and pale. If the growing season is too warm, the wines have an overripe, cooked flavor.
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Frei Brother Redwood Creek
Pinot Noir, California, 2006
This wine is medium-to-full bodied and exhibits bright red fruit flavors of blck cherry and succulent ripe plums.
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$26.00
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231
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La Crema
Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, 2006
Opens with engaging aromas of ripe, round cherry, floral notes, spicy clove and licorice. Cherry continues in the mouth, melding with rich plum, orange peel and tea leaves over a mouth-watering jamminess. Balanced acidity and firm tannins round out a long, lingering finish.
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$45.00
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King Estate
Pinot Noir, Oregon, 2006
Bright garnet color with a ruby tint, clarity and brilliance. Aromas of cherry, raspberry jam, blueberry, and oak spice. Soft entry in the mouth with full-bodied flavors of dark cherry and raspberry.
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$55.00
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234
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Five Rivers
Pinot Noir, Central Coast, 2005
The nose will find rhubarb, violets and cardamom with hibiscus flowers and a note of vanilla from the easy oak treatment. The palate will rejoice with wild strawberries followed by tangy bright cherries, hibiscus nectar and a strong acid backbone. It is spicy, structured and complex.
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$35.00
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Rodney Strong
Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, 2006
Supple in texture, with rose petal and red fruit aromas, this lively, medium-bodied wine is aged entirely in French oak, which adds a subtle, toasty vanilla character and a hint of spice.
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$38.00
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230
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Wildhorse
Pinot Noir, Central Coast, 2005
Juicy, medium-bodied wine with aromas of alpine forest floor, cinnamon, clove and blackberry. On the palate, this wine displays flavors of black cherry, strawberry and kola nut with a creamy mouth-feel and elegant finish.
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$54.00
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