Raeburn Pinot Noir 2016
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Brilliant crimson in color, Raeburn Russian River Valley Pinot Noir leads with a pleasing aroma of baking spice and vanilla. The palate is marked with stunning fruit flavors of lush wild blueberry, raspberry, and blackberry with undertones of roasted hazelnut. The finish is graceful and sophisticated.
The Pinot Noir grapes are hand-picked during the cool early morning hours to preserve their fresh, delicate flavors. Once the grapes arrive at the winery, they are carefully destemmed and cold soaked for several days to enhance color and flavor. Fermentation takes place in small, open top containers with twice daily punch downs to intensify color and structure. After a gentle pressing, the wine is racked several times and transferred into French oak barrels, 25% new, for 11 months of aging.
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The 2016 vintage was a testament to good phenolic development: The wine's round, but its dry "coffee" tannins and concentrated, bright fruit flavors are impressive. With scents of mocha cranberry and baking spices, the palate opens to savory herbs and dried hibiscus. The blue-and-black berried fruit becomes juicier as the wine continues to develop.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: One thing that I can always be assured of is the boldness of the Russian River Valley Pinot Noirs. The 2016 Raeburn comes right at you with plenty of beautifully ripened fruit. TASTING NOTES: This wine is rich and intense. Its aromas and flavors of black fruits and vanilla invites a pairing with roast game. (Tasted: November 17, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
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James Suckling
Spiced red cherries and hints of freshly baked pastry lead to a palate that has a ripe, languid array of fine tannins and plush red-plum flavors.
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Raeburn Winery crafts complex, elegant wines dedicated to founder Derek Benham’s mother, Phyllis, and independently minded spirits like her. A lifelong lover of nature, Phyllis has a deep respect for the complexity and spectacular beauty of the environment, and she lives fearlessly within it. Like the birds she adores, she mastered flight early in life as a pilot at age 14. She completed numerous solo expeditions at the Alaskan frontier to study birds in the wild. Phyllis instilled her love of nature and spirit of independence in her son Derek and inspired by her, he founded Raeburn in 2014. The name Raeburn is Old English for “the river where one drinks” – a salute to free-thinking adventurers, like Phyllis, who dare to venture off the beaten track and flourish there.
Raeburn wines are complex and elegant wines. Made in a California certified sustainably winery, they are committed to protect and conserve the wilderness.