McEvoy Ranch The Evening Standard Pinot Noir 2013

Pinot Noir from Marin County, North Coast, California

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McEvoy Ranch The Evening Standard Pinot Noir 2013 Front Label

Product Details

Varietal

Pinot Noir

Region

Marin County, North Coast, California

Producer

McEvoy Ranch

Vintage

2013

Size

750ML

ABV

12.8%

Features

Green Wine

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

The prologue for the 2013 vintage begins with red fruit, herbs, jasmine, and a slightly candied essence. The mid-palate is full with flavors of cassis, a subtle anise that can be found in most of McEvoy Ranch's estate-grown wines, ripe raspberry, tobacco leaf, blood orange, and toasted almond. The oak is well integrated and there is a sauvage component throughout this wine... the gamey, natural feel that can be partially attributed to the use of indigenous yeasts during fermentation. It was barrel aged for 16 months in Francois Frères oak puncheons (35% new).

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McEvoy Ranch

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A pioneer in estate-grown, organic olive oil, Nan McEvoy was a trailblazer and a tireless promoter of the farm fresh food movement in the Bay Area. A combination of infectious passion and unwavering determination, plus the encouragement of her son, Nion, led to the planting of 25 acres of Pinot Noir and a diverse selection of Mediterranean varietals on the wind-swept slopes of McEvoy Ranch outside of Petaluma. Initially, the vines were inter-planted among the olive trees for wind/sun protection. Each wine is meticulously grown and made on the estate, with the purpose to accompany great food, spirited conversation and longtime friends.

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.”

Marin County Wine

North Coast, California

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Bordered by Napa and Sonoma Valleys to the north and the Golden gate Bridge to the south, most of the region’s vineyards are planted on Marin County’s western side where they are exposed to the moist and cold air of the Pacific Ocean. Varieties like Pinot noir and Chardonnay do well here.

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