Trail Marker Wine Co. Manchester Ridge Pinot Noir 2017
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Robert
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Pale to medium ruby-purple, the 2017 Manchester Ridge Vineyard Pinot Noir, made using 60% whole cluster, has an open nose of cinnamon stick, warm red cherries and raspberry preserves with dried black tea leaves, dusty earth, crushed rock and potpourri. It's silky in the mouth with light to medium weight, mineral-driven fruits, grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long. A lovely, elegant style. 121 cases produced.
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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.”
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