Clos Du Val Carneros Estate Pinot Noir 2015

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Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2015

Size
750ML

ABV
13.5%

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Winemaker Notes

Brilliant red in color, this Pinot Noir has great clarity. Strawberry and tart cherry absolutely leap from the glass. This wine is just loaded with an array of exotic spices. The complex nose leads to bold flavors of red fruits, the most notable being rhubarb. Hints of fresh cream and bright cherry jam round out the flavor palate. With a rich mouth-feel, the 2015 Pinot Noir finishes with silky, lingering tannin.

Professional Ratings

  • 91
    Stylish and persistent, the 2015 Clos Du Val Pinot Noir stays balanced and elegant on the palate. The wine's piquant red fruit flavors recall my memories of Burgundy's Côte de Beaune region. Its energetic finish pairs it nicely with lightly grilled salmon. (Tasted: February 14, 2017, San Francisco, CA)

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Clos Du Val, California
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Clos Du Val, French for “small vineyard estate of a small valley,” was founded in 1972, an era that wine writer Hugh Johnson referred to as “the turning point in modern wine history.” Two years before, the Goelet family tasked talented French-born winemaker Bernard Portet with finding vineyard land, anywhere in the world, capable of producing a world-class Cabernet Sauvignon.

Clos Du Val’s legendary debut Cabernet Sauvignon was one of only six California Cabernets selected for the famous 1976 Judgment of Paris Tasting, where California defeated some of Bordeaux’s finest wines. Ten years later, Clos Du Val’s reputation for creating some of Napa Valley's most gracefully age-worthy wines was solidified, when its 1972 Cabernet Sauvignon took first place in the Judgment of Paris rematch.

Still family-owned today, Clos Du Val farms 220 acres of estate vineyards in the Stags Leap District, and Yountville appellations and continues to craft wines of balance and complexity, showcasing the fruit from the outstanding terroir on which the estate lies.

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As early as the 1970s Carneros became known as a source of terrific Pinot Noir, and was one of the first California regions to gain such a reputation. The combination of sunny days, cooling fog and thin clay soils are tailor-made for the variety. Another factor in Pinot Noir’s prominent place here is vintners’ willingness to experiment widely. The history of the grape in Carneros is marked by continuous research into clonal variations, viticultural techniques and site selection. Careful evaluation over time has revealed a signature flavor profile as well. Complex aromas and flavors of cherry, red berry, spice, earth and cola appear time and again in Carneros Pinot Noir. To this day the appellation remains one of California’s standard bearers for the variety.

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