Penner-Ash Pas De Nom Pinot Noir 2011
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Comprising (as it did last year) selected barrels from Shea, Dussin, and Zena Crown vineyards the Penner Ash 2011 Pinot Noir Pas de Nom once again delivers an extra measure of elegance vis-a-vis its stable mates. Concentrated and brightly fruited, it combines seamless polish and lift. Black tea, rose water, and fennel pollen alluringly accenting its diverse dark berries. A savory hint of wild mushrooms in beef stock and a vegetal-nutty ping of lentil sprout add to the saliva-inducement and invigoration of a sustained, layered finish. Here is an instance where the use of some whole clusters seems to have drawn-out or enhanced latent floral and high-toned herbal aspects. This should merit following through 2025 if not beyond.
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Home of some of the planet’s most amazingly elegant and expressive Pinot noir, the Willamette Valley is a pastoral, mixed landscape of green, bucolic rolling hills, dramatic forestlands and small, independent, friendly wine growers. As a leader in environmental stewardship, the valley has some of the nation’s most protective land use policies, with two-thirds of its vineyards farmed sustainably and over half, organically. While the valley claims a cool, continental climate, and is heavily influenced by the cold, moist winds of the Pacific Ocean, its warm and dry summers allow for the steady, even ripening of Pinot noir.
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