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Chanin Wine Company, Pinot Noir, La Rinconada

Other, United States 2012 (750mL)
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Chanin Wine Company, Pinot Noir, La Rinconada


Gavin began his path towards a winemaking career before he could legally drink, while working for two of the most respected Santa Barbara wineries: Au Bon Climat and Qupe. He eventually started his own wine label in 2007 when he was just 21 years old. Gavin has quickly proven his ability to make some of the best Pinot Noir in California, and among his single vineyard releases, his La Rinconada Vineyard Pinot Noir (today’s wine) is a clear favorite. La Rinconada has beautifully chalky soils, rich in diatomaceous earth (a white, silica-rich compound made up largely of ancient fossilized sea life), which yields Pinot Noir of incredible precision, purity and elegance. The wine is vinified using 40% whole clusters and has 25% new french oak, creating a broad, impressive, and young drinking wine, while still allowing the purity of the vineyard to shine through. This is an outstanding bottle that brings out the very best from this special vineyard.

The color of the wine is a medium ruby red consistent to the rim. The aromatics are fruit forward with fresh black cherry, dried strawberry, pomegranate, fresh roses, wild herbs, wet tobacco and baking spices. The palate has luscious texture and bright acidity, as is typical of this region’s wines. It is outstanding right now in its youth, but I believe it won’t peak for another 3-5 years.  Of the mere 194 cases of this wine produced, a small fraction was allocated to us and we are pleased to offer it again today. Serve in a large Burgundy steam at 60 degrees.
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Country
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Region
Other
Sub-Region
United StatesSanta Rita Hills
Soil
Diatomaceous
Farming
Sustainable
Blend
Pinot Noir
Alcohol
13.59
OAK
25% New French

United States

Washington

Columbia Valley

Like many Washington wines, the “Columbia Valley” indication only tells part of the story: Columbia Valley covers a huge swath of Central
Washington, within which are a wide array of smaller AVAs (appellations).

Oregon

Willamette Valley

Oregon’s Willamette Valley has become an elite winegrowing zone in record time. Pioneering vintner David Lett, of The Eyrie Vineyard, planted the first Pinot Noir in the region in 1965, soon to be followed by a cadre of forward-thinking growers who (correctly) saw their wines as America’s answer to French
Burgundies. Today, the Willamette
Valley is indeed compared favorably to Burgundy, Pinot Noir’s spiritual home. And while Pinot Noir accounts for 64% of Oregon’s vineyard plantings, there are cool-climate whites that must not be missed.

California

Santa Barbara

Among the unique features of Santa Barbara County appellations like Ballard Canyon (a sub-zone of the Santa Ynez Valley AVA), is that it has a cool, Pacific-influenced climate juxtaposed with the intense luminosity of a southerly
latitude (the 34th parallel). Ballard Canyon has a more north-south orientation compared to most Santa Barbara AVAs, with soils of sandy
clay/loam and limestone.

California

Paso Robles

Situated at an elevation of 1,600 feet, it is rooted in soils of sandy loam and falls within the Highlands District of the Paso Robles AVA.

New York

North Fork

Wine growers and producers on Long Island’s North Fork have traditionally compared their terroir to that of Bordeaux and have focused on French varieties such as Cabernet Franc and Merlot.

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