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"This Burgundian style pinot has pleasant sweet aromas with vanilla bean accents.  A friendly blend of black cherry, cola and light spice. The silky mouth feel is nicely balanced with acidity. The finish lingers well into the next sip.  The 2006 got 90 points from the Wine Enthusiast, the 2007 is well deserving of the same accolades." Mike, LCW

Wente Vineyards

Founded more than 125 years ago, Wente Vineyards is the country’s oldest, continuously operated family-owned winery. Today, the winery maintains its leadership role in California winegrowing under ownership and management by the Fourth and Fifth Generations of the Wente family.  Blending traditional and innovative winemaking practices, the winery draws from approximately 3,000 acres of sustainably farmed Estate vineyards to create an outstanding portfolio of fine wines

Winemaker, Karl D. Wente

This Pinot Noir has aromas of cherry, strawberry, and vanilla, with hints of toasted oak, earth and cigar box. Flavors of black cherry and vanilla are followed by a long fruity finish, with undertones of earth and spice.

93% Arroyo Seco, Monterey, 7% Livermore Valley, San Francisco Bay

A majority of the fermentation took place in small upright stainless steel fermenters, gently pumped over twice daily. Some of the fermentation took place in small 1-ton fermenters, punched down twice daily.

Aged for 19 months in a combination of new French, American, Eastern European and neutral oak barrels.

This wine derives it's name from the creek along which our pinot noir vineyards grow. The gravelly-loam soils found here, rich with shale and limestone deposits, impart desirable earth and mineral qualities to the wine. There are several blocks dating back to 1963. The new plantings are farmed for a more intense tannic structure and more powerful fruit extraction.