Benton Lane First Class Pinot Noir 2010

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Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2010

Size
750ML

ABV
13.55%

Features
Green Wine

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The 2010 First Class is a dark ruby colored wine that exhibits black cherry, vanilla and blueberry aromas with underlying scents of pencil shavings and toasty oak. Very ripe tannins and balanced acidity create a rich, velvety texture. This is a beautifully balanced, hedonistic wine that exhibits bing cherry, chocolate and vanilla custard flavors with undertones of sweet pipe tobacco. The exquisite balance of this wine makes it a very versatile wine with food.

This is a sexy, silky Pinot Noir with the depth to compliment rich meaty pastas as well as sauced meat entrees. It is wonderful with grilled or sauced Pacific Northwest salmon, rosemary grilled lamb, Dungeness crab cakes or savory dishes prepared with fresh mushrooms.

Professional Ratings

  • 93
    Fresh and vibrant, deftly playing its cherry, orange peel and black tea flavors against a veil of crisp tannins. Persists impressively on the expressive finish.
  • 90
    Rich and smoky, this wine’s spicy bottom note derives from oak, grounded and focused by tarry notes that direct the energy of the fruit. For barbecued salmon.

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Benton Lane, Oregon
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Steve and Carol Girard have been owners of Benton-Lane since 1988. Carol and Steve shared a passionate desire to produce great Pinot Noir but decided their native California was probably not the best place in which to make it. Instead, they headed to Oregon where the cooler climate offered the possibility of producing Pinot Noir with better balance and structure.

After countless months of looking at possible properties, Carol and Steve discovered an old sheep ranch called "Sunnymount" in the southern Willamette Valley. It was immediately apparent Sunnymount held great potential as a vineyard site. The property is in the foothills of the costal mountain range on the west side of the valley with hillsides sloping east by southeast, a perfect orientation for planting Pinot Noir.

Sunnymount straddled the border between Benton and Lane counties with some of the land being in each, and so the name Benton-Lane was born. Carol and Steve purchased the property in 1988 and planting of Pinot Noir commenced in 1989. Benton-Lane’s first vintage was 1992 which was custom produced at another local winery. This process continued until 1997 when the Benton-Lane winery was constructed.

Benton-Lane produced Pinot Noir exclusively until 2003. In 2004, the winery began full-scale commercial production of Pinot Gris from grapes purchased from carefully selected Willamette Valley growers.

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Home of some of the planet’s most amazingly elegant and expressive Pinot noir, the Willamette Valley is a pastoral, mixed landscape of green, bucolic rolling hills, dramatic forestlands and small, independent, friendly wine growers. As a leader in environmental stewardship, the valley has some of the nation’s most protective land use policies, with two-thirds of its vineyards farmed sustainably and over half, organically. While the valley claims a cool, continental climate, and is heavily influenced by the cold, moist winds of the Pacific Ocean, its warm and dry summers allow for the steady, even ripening of Pinot noir.

The potential of Willamette Valley Pinot noir continues to attract the investment of serious growers and winemakers both locally and from abroad, as naturally the finished wines bring accolades from professionals and enthusiasts. With a range of styles from delicate dried cherry, raspberry and hibiscus to stronger notes of truffle, mocha, plum and spice, a fine Willamette Valley Pinot noir is a perfect expression of both character and grace.

HNYBLWPNF10C_2010 Item# 122827

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