Trail Marker Wine Co. Manchester Ridge Pinot Noir 2019
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The 2019 Pinot Noir Manchester Ridge is an airy, gracious wine. Crushed red berry, mint, cedar, tobacco, dried cherry and autumn leaves all grace the 2019. This lifted, perfumed Pinot is a terrific choice for drinking now and over the next handful of years. The whole clusters (60%) are nicely balanced.
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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.”
Essentially a northern extension of the Sonoma Coast AVA but part of Mendocino County, Mendocino Ridge is one of the rare appellations defined by elevation only. The Mendocino Ridge AVA is reserved only for vineyards at or above 1,200 feet between the Anderson Valley and Pacific Ocean.