Gehricke Los Carneros Pinot Noir 2015
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The deep garnet hue allures aromas of blood orange, red plums and rhubarb. With time, the spice character enters with notes of cherry pie laced with vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. At first, this wine seems savory and spice driven with clove and nutmeg. After some time, it blossoms and lays fleshy on the palate with ripe plum flavors and a dried cranberry center. Well-integrated oak rounds out the palate and carries out the finish.
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This small-production Pinot Noir aged 20 months in French oak, which shows through in the nose and palate, rounding them out and caressing them with vanilla bean and cinnamon stick. Cherry-cobbler notes accent a savory mid-palate reminiscent of clove-scented orange peel.
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Plush, with creamy richness to the dark cherry and plum tart flavors. Chocolate and Asian spice
notes fill the finish. Drink now through 2021.
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As early as the 1970s Carneros became known as a source of terrific Pinot Noir, and was one of the first California regions to gain such a reputation. The combination of sunny days, cooling fog and thin clay soils are tailor-made for the variety. Another factor in Pinot Noir’s prominent place here is vintners’ willingness to experiment widely. The history of the grape in Carneros is marked by continuous research into clonal variations, viticultural techniques and site selection. Careful evaluation over time has revealed a signature flavor profile as well. Complex aromas and flavors of cherry, red berry, spice, earth and cola appear time and again in Carneros Pinot Noir. To this day the appellation remains one of California’s standard bearers for the variety.