2010 Pinot Noir
$70.00 / 750ml
Library Release - Limit: 6 Bottle per person -
219 Cases Produced | 26 Cases Remaining
High-toned with ripe sun-baked cherries, sweet spices (not cherry cola), brambles, and forest floor, with an herbal note that leaps from the glass.
This wine was a whirlwind of learning. Using 100% destemmed fruit, regular punchdowns, gentle racking, and slow, long aging in neutral oak have since become ingrained practices for us, thanks to the success of this wine.
Christopher’s Notes: A mild winter led to a heavy crop, but a warm and dry year allowed the wines to achieve complete ripeness and full flavor development. Considered a blockbuster year in the Finger Lakes at the time, this was our first vintage and remains one of the best red wine vintages up to this point.
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir may be one of the world’s most challenging grapes to grow and produce, but when you get it right, it also makes some of the world’s most gorgeous wines. It is sensitive in the vineyard, struggles through the winter, is prone to disease, and challenges a grower’s skills like none other. In the winery, it is sensitive to manipulation, shows every mistake, and is easily overshadowed by oak or winemaking influence. But when it’s great, it is great. We believe that despite the challenges, the Finger Lakes has the ability to make great examples of Pinot.
