Nielson Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir 2023

Nielson Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir 2023Lifted and pure Pinot Noir this is juicy stuff. Wild strawberry fruit mingles with gamey notes and 16 months in French oak softens out the wine beautifully. A very cool winter and spring led to a harvest with small clusters and small berries with flavours of dark berry, cherry, hints of floral and mineral. The wines spends 16 months in French Oak, 3% of which was new. Open with a floral and mineral character typical of Santa Barbara. Classically

Common practice in the Côtes du Rhône is to bottle the best cuvées as a single named Village wine and the rest as basic Rhône Villages

A cold and windy spring

Malolactic Fermentation: 34%

The famous house of Mme Lily Bollinger produces a mighty

Elegantly composed and detailed palate

The bodega's reputation is based on the excellence of the Antique range of intensely pure and complex single solera Sherries whose award winning packaging makes them even more impressive

drinkable wines that preserve each varietals distinctive aroma

Turkey Flat created a style crafted with clear purpose to shift perceptions

These delights follow through onto a palate with layers of graphite

The wine rests on its fine lees before bottling

hints of warm vanilla spice on the nose with ripe plummy fruit on the palate and a characterful finish

the mountainous valley formed by the Douro River and its tributaries