Sea Slopes by Fort Ross Winery Pinot Noir 2014

Pinot Noir from Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County, California

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Product Details

Varietal

Pinot Noir

Region

Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County, California

Producer

Sea Slopes by Fort Ross Winery

Vintage

2014

Size

750ML

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Winemaker Notes

The Sea Slopes Pinot Noir is blended for earlier release and is ready to enjoy sooner than our other Fort Ross Vineyard Pinot Noirs. This expressive ruby hued Pinot Noir has bright black cherry, wild berry, and violet aromas that are gracefully balanced by touches of dried orange peel. Generous raspberry and mulberry integrated with spice evolve on the palate finishing with silky tannins that express the coastal terroir.

Professional Ratings

91 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
Beautiful and alluring, the red fruit and finely scented 2014 Fort Ross Sea Slopes Pinot Noir plays delicately and refined in the aroma and on the palate. The wine's bright red fruit flavors pair well with lightly grilled salmon. (Tasted: August 21, 2017, San Francisco, CA)
90 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2014 Pinot Noir Sea Slopes gets its name from overlooking the Pacific Ocean at an elevation of 1,200 to 1,700 feet. The wine spent nine months in 10% new French oak prior to being bottled unfined and unfiltered. This wine offers loads of Chinese black tea, pomegranate, floral notes and a hint of raspberry in a medium-bodied, fresh, lively, Côte de Beaune style. Drink it over the next 5-7 years.

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Sea Slopes by Fort Ross Winery

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Sea Slopes by Fort Ross Winery, California

Sea Slopes by Fort Ross is inspired by the majestic Sonoma Coast and the steep rugged ridges perched at the golden edge of the continent. Here, the cool maritime climate produces fruit of exceptional quality and allows us to craft wines of great elegance and purity.

“With Sea Slopes, we aim to capture the essence of the Sonoma Coast. These wines are at once approachable, elegant and eminently worthy of the quality standards we have established with Fort Ross” - Owner, Lester Schwartz

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Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

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The Sonoma Coast AVA is large in area but, not counting overlapping regions like Russian River Valley, only has a few thousand acres of grapevines—and it’s no wonder. Much of the region is rugged and not easily accessible. Its proximity to the Pacific Ocean’s fog and cool breezes limits the varieties that can be cultivated, but it proves to be an ideal environment for high quality Pinot Noir.

Since fog is a frequent fact of life here, as are heavy marine layers that sometimes bring rain, the best vineyards are wisely planted above the fog line, on picturesque ridges that capture enough sun to provide even ripening. That, with the overnight drop in temperature that reliably preserves acidity, results in fine expressions of Pinot Noir that often receive tremendous critic and consumer praise alike, and are often in high demand.

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