LaRue Rice-Spivak Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016

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Vintage
2016

Size
750ML

ABV
13.4%

Features
Boutique

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Notes of black cherry, ripe strawberry, and spiced plum are balanced with aromas of white pepper, clove, and savory oak spices. On the palate, flavors of fresh raspberry and juicy cranberry are heightened by the vibrant acidity in this wine. The texture is smooth and mouth filling and subtle oak notes that linger in the palate.

Professional Ratings

  • 95
    Bright, focused flavors of raspberry, strawberry and pomegranate shine first in this crisp, acid-driven wine from a cool-climate site. The complexity of the wine is impressive: a mix of exotic Asian spice and forested earth that contrast and complement around firm seamless tannin.
  • 92
    The 2016 Pinot Noir Rice-Spivak Vineyard is medium ruby-purple in the glass and slowly opens on the nose to stewed Earl Grey tea leaves, saline, rosewater perfume and a broody core of ripe red and black cherries, cranberry and perfumed earth. The medium-bodied palate is concentrated and spicy with soft, grainy tannins and tangy acidity, finishing long and bright.
  • 91
    Fresh and crunchy, with sinewy power to the dried cherry and berry flavors, featuring saline hints. Red currant, mineral and savory aspects emerge on the pure-tasting and taut finish.

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Veona LaRue Newell was a strong, witty woman, and was an inspiration to many. Specifically, as winemaker Katy Wilson’s great-grandmother, she was the inspiration for LaRue Wines. Veona never knew why her mother gave her a middle name no one else in the family had. Its uniqueness often bothered her, but her uniqueness was what made her so special. She never let a thing get her down and kept her wittiness even at 97 years old. In 2009, when Katy told her the wine would be named LaRue, Veona, in classically humble fashion stated “Well, I can’t say that you picked the best name in the world..."

Since 2009, LaRue Wines has focused on making high quality Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, exclusively from vineyards on the Sonoma Coast. The wines are elegant, restrained, and forever inspired by the resilience and strength of one Veona LaRue.

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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.

UBNLRRSP16_2016 Item# 704475

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