Fess Parker Pommard Clone Pinot Noir 2017

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Region

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Vintage
2017

Size
750ML

ABV
14.3%

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Aromas of wild strawberry, red cherry, clove, forest floor, nutmeg, pain grille and vanilla. Flavors of red plum, raspberry, wild strawberry, sassafras, milk chocolate, baking spice and vanilla.

Professional Ratings

  • 93
    Seared black cherries, red and purple flowers, sage and vanilla make for a very compelling nose on this bottling of a single clone. The palate is fresh with snappy raspberry flavors and then broadens toward baking-spice flavors, proving quite lush and delicious.
  • 93
    The 2017 Pinot Noir Pommard Clone (17 months in 50% new French oak) offers a ruby/plum color as well as lots of pure blackberry and black cherry fruit intermixed with underbrush, ground herbs, orange peel, and earth. Fresh, medium-bodied, with good acidity and fine tannins, it's a beautifully complex, balanced wine from this estate.
  • 92
    The 2017 Pinot Noir Pommard Clone has a pale to medium ruby color and nose of spiced cranberry sauce, stewed rhubarb, pepper, black berries, forest floor and tobacco leaf. Medium-bodied and silky with concentrated earthy fruits, it has grainy tannins and great juicy freshness, finishing long and earthy.
  • 90

    All chocolate and caramel at first pass, this has a savory fruit note, like slightly underripe plums, that gives the wine its edge. The tarry tannins point to a match with barbecued beef.

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Established in 1989, the Fess Parker Winery has a long history in Santa Barbara Wine Country and is well known for its small-lot, hand harvested, vineyard-designated, and clonal selection Rhône and Burgundian varietals.

The winery specializes in estate grown Syrah, Riesling, and Viognier as well as Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the Sta. Rita Hills and Santa Maria Valley AVA’s. Outstanding fruit sources, including some of the finest vineyards in the county, coupled with skilled winemaking, led by Blair Fox, form the foundation for the winery’s success. Fess Parker Winery’s estate vineyard, Rodney’s, received its SIP (Sustainable in Practice) Certification in 2020.

Now three generations in, the Fess Parker Family is proud to carry on Fess’s legacy of wine heritage and hospitality in Santa Barbara.

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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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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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