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Bonaccorsi Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir 2014

Pinot Noir from Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Barbara, Central Coast, California

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750ML / 14.1% ABV

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750ML / 14.1% ABV

Winemaker Notes

One of the vineyards now hitting 20+ years. In all the years we have been getting fruit from this vineyard, it has been almost deceiving how complex the wines have been from the beginning. So classic SRH nose of dirty dirt. The most feminine wine of the release. A tinge of herbs de Provence, more mineral, and earth. Rose rather than fruit, and of course, spice. Lighter red fruits of raspberry, orange peel. Lingers on the middle of the tongue

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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2014 Pinot Noir Fiddlestix Vineyard has delicate rose hip tea, garrigue, lavender and sage notes over a core of Bing cherries and pomegranate, plus a touch of pepper. Light-bodied, oh-so-fine and ethereal on the palate, it has a beautiful seamlessness and quiet intensity. If you’re looking for a fruit bomb, look elsewhere. 94+ points

JD 91

Jeb Dunnuck

Like the Cargasacchi, the 2014 Pinot Noir Fiddlestix is a charming, elegant that offers plenty of cranberry, forest floor and dried flower aromas and flavors. Fresh, lively, and pretty with bright acidity, drink this elegant wine anytime over the coming decade.

Bonaccorsi

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Bonaccorsi Wine Company produces limited quantities of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah rendered in the style and spirit of a small Burgundy domaine. Grape sources are selected carefully from cool areas of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties in California's South Central Coast. Current grape sources include Sanford & Benedict Melville, and Fiddlestix Vineyards in the newly created Santa Rita Hills appellation, and Bien Nacido and Le Bon Climat Vineyards in Santa Maria Valley. At the winery, grapes and wine are handled carefully and minimally in an effort to capture and enhance the combination of grape variety and site. Bonaccorsi's objective is to produce wines that combine concentration with delicacy.

Sta. Rita Hills Wine

Santa Barbara, California

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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.

Pinot Noir

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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.”

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