2021 'the love' Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
This Pinot Noir has been a pillar of the Promise portfolio for over 12 years and is continually sourced from the same great rows of the Bucher Ranch in the Russian River Valley. The color is always staring back at you with its deep ruby hue suggesting richness from the start. The nose is fresh, intense, and brooding, offering up aromas of dark cherries, blackberries, plums, and hints of dried herbs, forest floor, with a touch of earthiness. There is 15% whole cluster in the making and 50% new Francois Frères tight grain oak barrels, toasted to a perfect medium plus. Flavors are densely focused with dried cranberry, strawberry preserves, a touch of pipe tobacco and a hint of dancing chocolate savory that carries out the long finish. Made from love, with love, so drink the LOVE!
Enjoy now and for the next 15 years. Aged in 50% new French Oak, native yeast and malolactic, always unfiltered and unfined. 275 cases produced.
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