Calera de Villiers Vineyard Pinot Noir (375ML half-bottle) 2011

  • 93 Robert
    Parker
  • 90 Wine
    Spectator
Sold Out - was $28.99
OFFER 10% off your 6+ bottle order
Ships Fri, Apr 26
You purchased this 4/19/24
0
Limit Reached
You purchased this 4/19/24
Alert me about new vintages and availability
Calera de Villiers Vineyard Pinot Noir (375ML half-bottle) 2011 Front Bottle Shot
Calera de Villiers Vineyard Pinot Noir (375ML half-bottle) 2011 Front Bottle Shot Calera de Villiers Vineyard Pinot Noir (375ML half-bottle) 2011 Front Label

Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2011

Size
375ML

ABV
14.9%

Features
Green Wine

Your Rating

0.0 Not For Me NaN/NaN/N

Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Lush beautiful aromas of boysenberry, cedar, violets, tobacco and graphite lure you into a fascinating display of brooding flavors. Savory smoked duck, shiitakes, orange peel and gingerbread give tension to accents of forest floor, plum, blackberry and flint with a savory, mouthwatering texture. This wine is tart, full, deep, fleshy; full of wonder and pleasure.

All of our Mt. Harlan vineyards are certified organic.

Professional Ratings

  • 93
    First up and seriously perfumed, the 2011 Pinot Noir de Villiers is a gorgeous wine that excels both for its complexity and for its richness and breath on the palate. Giving up notes of ripe cherries, wild strawberries, exotic flowers, citron and spice, it has medium to full-bodied richness, a core of sweet fruit and a rich, seamless texture. In fact, it has a rare level of depth and texture in the vintage, and while beautiful today, I imagine it will evolve gracefully.
  • 90
    Tight, with a gritty, earthy edge to the firm strawberry, dark berry, violet, spice and cedar notes, gaining depth and ending with a persistent finish. Should gain with age. Drink now through 2022.

Other Vintages

2018
  • 94 Vinous
  • 93 Wilfred
    Wong
  • 93 Wine
    Enthusiast
2017
  • 95 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 93 Wine &
    Spirits
  • 92 Wine
    Spectator
  • 92 Wine
    Enthusiast
2016
  • 93 Wilfred
    Wong
  • 93 Wine &
    Spirits
  • 92 Robert
    Parker
  • 92 Wine
    Enthusiast
2015
  • 96 Tasting
    Panel
  • 95 Wilfred
    Wong
  • 94 Wine
    Enthusiast
2013
  • 94 Robert
    Parker
  • 92 Wine
    Enthusiast
2012
  • 95 Robert
    Parker
  • 91 Wine
    Spectator
2010
  • 94 Robert
    Parker
2009
  • 96 Robert
    Parker
  • 94 Wilfred
    Wong
2008
  • 93 Robert
    Parker
Calera

Calera

View all products
Calera, California
Calera Winery Video

In 1975, legendary vintner and American wine pioneer Josh Jensen founded Calera (Spanish for “lime kiln”) high in the remote Gavilan Mountains of California’s windswept Central Coast. There, in Mt. Harlan’s low-yielding, limestone-rich soils and cool, arid climate, he began planting what would ultimately become six small estate vineyards. Today, these vineyards are recognized as some of the New World’s most revered Pinot Noir sites.

Calera is a vision, and Calera’s wines truly express the sense of place. Rather than follow the recommended path, Josh Jensen became a pioneer in American Pinot Noir. Taking his cue from the great domaines of Burgundy, which have grown grapes in limestone soil for centuries, he set out in search of the perfect spot in California to create wines unique to the world but in the style of the greatest wines of France. Site selection was vital as he ventured off the grid to plant on the site of an old limekiln in the Gavilan Mountains of California's Central Coast.

Under the stewardship of Winemaker Mike Waller, each vineyard is renowned for producing singular wines of uncommon purity, elegance and aging potential. In addition to its beloved single-vineyard wines, Calera partners with some of the top vineyards on California’s majestic Central Coast to make Calera’s beautiful Central Coast wines, including a Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Image for Pinot Noir content section
View all products

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.”

Image for Mt. Harlan Wine Central Coast, California content section

Mt. Harlan Wine

Central Coast, California

View all products

At elevations reaching well over 2,000 feet, the Mt. Harlan AVA in the Gabilan Range is an anomaly among its surrounding Central Coast appellations. Recognizing the splendor of the area and its ideal limestone-rich soils, Josh Jensen chose Mt. Harlan as the home of his Calera Wine Company in the 1970s. Awarded his own AVA in 1990, Calera is the only commercial winery in the appellation.

DWCCL11DVP3_2011 Item# 178272

Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
Please use a different browser like Edge, Chrome or Firefox to enjoy all that Wine.com has to offer.

It's easy to make the switch.
Enjoy better browsing and increased security.

Yes, Update Now

Search for ""