Dragonette Cellars Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2015 Front Bottle Shot
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Winemaker Notes

Dragonette's Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir is sourced mostly from distinct blocks of the windswept John Sebastiano vineyard and a selection of the organically farmed La Encantada vineyard yielding a vivid, fruit-dominated Pinot Noir with a classic Santa Rita Hills character. On the nose, the wine is a combination of black cherry fruit, burnt orange peel and herbaceous notes of sarsaparilla and bay leaves with a hint of clove and cacao. On the palate, the wine is medium bodied, silky, and persistent. The wine shows an abundant red fruit (tart cranberry and cherry skin) profile rounded by notes of cola and sauteed rhubarb. The wine has a bright, lingering acidity and enough tannin to complement a range of food pairings.
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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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Sta. Rita Hills

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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.

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