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A classic Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir from a great Pinot year, it is a wine of great aromatics and character showing cherry/cranberry fruit, rose petal, earth and spice. The key word is balance.

The fruit comes from the Bien Nacido Vineyard and Le Bon Climat Vineyard, both in the Santa Maria Valley. Every Pinot Noir is fermented in 5 ton open-top fermenters, which are punched down once or twice daily. These punch downs breakup the cap of skins that rises to the surface into the juice so the fermentation process extracts the best part of the Pinot grapes.

The wine is pressed to complete dryness and goes to barrel with moderate lees.The wine was carefully racked in the spring and then aged another 20 months (24 months total). A wonderful accompaniment to thick, oak-grilled pork chops, wild game, or Coq au Vin.

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Au Bon Climat 2014 Pinot Noir, 'La Bauge Au-dessus', Estate, Santa Maria Valley 750ml

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