Belle Glos Dairyman Vineyard Pinot Noir 2017
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Dark ruby red in color with satisfying aromas of boysenberry, dark cherry, and mulberry along with delicate hints of baking spices, dill, cola, nutmeg, and vanilla. On the palate, bold flavors of cranberry, ripe plum, cherry, and super-ripe strawberry are uplifted by gentle notes of cocoa powder and sweet fig for a generous and silky mouthfeel. This tremendously complex and broad-shouldered wine finishes with grace.
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COMMENTARY: The 2017 Belle Glos Dairyman Pinot Noir is an excellent bridge example of this grape variety. TASTING NOTES: This wine is smooth, easy, and delicious. Its aromas and flavors of candied berries combined with its soft textures should pair well with an oven-baked, pineapple-accented, and clove-studded ham shoulder. (Tasted: September 6, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
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Made in a thick and robust style, this hearty red is powerful and weighty in oak and tannin. Spicy seasonings of cinnamon and clove highlight rich, viscous flavors of dark cherry and berry, with rose aromatics up front and soothing.
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While the Russian River Valley is a large appellation with multiple climate zones and soil types, it is best known for cool-climate varieties, with Pinot Noir as the most celebrated. The grapes benefit from a reliable late afternoon flow of Pacific Ocean fog through the Petaluma Gap and along the Russian River Valley that ensures slow and steady ripening and the preservation of grape acidity. Today many of California’s most highly regarded Pinot Noir vineyards are in the Russian River Valley, along with its sub-appellation, Green Valley.
Historically Russian River Valley Pinot Noirs had bright red fruit and delicate earthy, mineral notes. But changes in viticultural and winemaking practices have led to stylistic changes in some of the region’s wines. Adjustments to canopy management, among other techniques, have resulted in riper fruit and bolder wines as well. These show flavors of black cherry, blackberry, cola, spice and darker, loamy earth tones, accenting traditional Pinot Noir notes of strawberry, raspberry and light cherry.