Firelands Pinot Noir 2012
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Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Flourishing today along the shores of Lake Erie, the Ohio wine industry dates back 300 years when it was established by American Republican politician, Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati.
Ohio’s continental climate supports native American grape species as well as the common Vitis vinifera wine producing species, and hybrids of the two.