La Voix Reflektor Pinot Noir 2012
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It's hard to pick a favorite from this new music-inspired lineup by Steve and Chrystal Clifton, but this slightly older vintage wins, thanks to its dense color, depth of mouthfeel and layers of aroma and flavor. The nose offers turned earth, raw beef, incense and iron elements, while the palate delivers black loam, juniper-berry spice and chaparral scrub laid across tart raspberry fruit.
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Delivers a tight, trim, tart beam of wild berry and blackberry flavors that are supple and refined, ending with lively acidity, fine-grained tannins and good length. Holds focus and density.
Born from a love of wine and music, La Voix explores French varietals through the sensory and emotional stimulations that are shared by both mediums.
Music through performance and recording conveys a powerful, emotional expression. Likewise, through soil, vineyards, and production, wine elicits an equal effect. Both rely on dynamics and tension created by harmonizing high, medium, and low frequencies.
A memory, a feeling, a nostalgia can be conjured by a single sip, a single note.
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.”
A superior source of California Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, Sta. Rita Hills is the coolest, westernmost sub-region of the larger Santa Ynez Valley appellation within Santa Barbara County. This relatively new AVA is unquestionably one to keep an eye on.
The climate of Sta. Rita Hills is a natural match for Chardonnay and Pinot noir, thanks to the crisp ocean breezes and well-drained, limestone-rich calcareous soil. Here, grapes ripen just enough, while retaining brisk acidity and harmonious balance.