Clos LaChance Elmer Erwin Pinot Noir 1997

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Clos LaChance Elmer Erwin Pinot Noir 1997 Front Label
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Vintage
1997

Size
750ML

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Clos LaChance's first Vineyard designated Pinot Noir is built to last. Its aromas greet you with powerful Bing cherry, raspberry and hints of blueberry fruit balanced with beautifully layered earth and wood components. Clove, cinnamon, vanilla and spice accents round out the aroma profile. In the mouth it is structured to age gracefully and complement a range of foods. The strong acid backbone provides a perfect platform for the powerful, mouth-filling tannins. Smoke, tobacco and earth tones follow flavors of cherry and raspberry. This wine will stand up to spit-roasted duck, rosemary pork tenderloin and salmon dishes. This is a wine that drinks beautifully now and should age well into the next decade.

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Clos LaChance, California
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Clos LaChance is a family owned and operated winery. Started by Bill and Brenda Murphy (bottom left and bottom middle), they began making Chardonnay sourced from the vineyard planted in the backyard of their Saratoga home. Their winemaking hobby turned into a passion and a few years later, Bill and Brenda founded Clos LaChance winery in San Martin, just 30 minutes south of San Jose Ca. They later hired their two daughters, Kristin (top) and Chery (bottom right) who help run the winery today. 


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Internationally recognized for gorgeous, pure fruit combined with great elegance, California Pinot noir thrives among the state’s cooler, coastal zones. Characterized by eclectic flavors and aromas of strawberry, black cherry, plum and potpourri with notes of forest floor, mushroom or black tea, the best California Pinot noir boast a supple texture and good acidity, giving them the ability to improve with age.

Credited with the beginning of Pinot noir’s glory in California, two growers, Joe Rochioli and Joseph Swan in the late 1960s independently planted Pinot noir vineyards in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. Today Sonoma County remains the leading producer of Pinot noir in the state, and Pinot noir is the leading red grape in the county, achieving its highest potential, in the Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast.

Other coastal appellations where Pinot noir flourishes include Carneros, Anderson Valley and most of the Central Coast.

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