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Bottle: $32.89
Boysenberry, ripe raspberry, and citrus on the nose. Medium-bodied with nuanced acid and fine tannin texture. Crisp...
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750ml
Bottle: $52.27 $58.08
12 bottles: $47.12
A fleshy, open-knit style, with a coating of melted licorice and sweet toast over a core of plum and cherry puree...
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750ml
Bottle: $37.20 $40.00
Offers notes of plum preserves and cherry clafoutis that glide through, with sweet toast around the edges. The soft,...
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750ml
Bottle: $61.94
This wine from one of Kosta Browne's founders shows just-ripe black cherry and blackberry flavors that are compelling...
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750ml
Bottle: $32.47 $36.08
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750ml
Bottle: $26.35 $29.28
12 bottles: $19.00
This vibrant and enticing Pinot Noir offers lovely aromas of fresh-picked strawberry, Bing cherry and blueberry with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $46.87 $52.08
6 bottles: $37.22
Juicy and friendly, with tasty, up-front plum and black cherry fruit lined with hints of potpourri and rose petal...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $41.88
12 bottles: $41.04
The 2021 Pinot Noir Olivet Ranch is laced with crushed red berry fruit, spice, cedar, tobacco, incense and dried...
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Bottle: $105.60
This Pinot Noir exudes intoxicating aromas of dried rose petals, baking spices, mocha, sandalwood and cherry liqueur....
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Bottle: $54.94
12 bottles: $53.84
Handsome oak spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and maple dress up this well-concentrated wine, adding complexity to its...
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750ml
Bottle: $42.12 $46.80
Fresh and open-knit in feel, offering a mix of black cherry and pomegranate notes backed by judicious toast and a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.94 $30.00
12 bottles: $28.50
A youthful and saturated ruby hue, the 2021 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley is ripe and spicy, with aromas of fresh...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.90 $26.59
12 bottles: $25.38
Our Estate Pinot Noir has an aroma as expressive as its deep red garnet color, with a vibrant violet and plum...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.64 $39.60
12 bottles: $34.20
An energetic pinot with bright sliced strawberry and citrus character. Some mineral. Medium body. Vivid and focused....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.33 $24.00
12 bottles: $22.86
• Practicing Sustainable • 100% Pinot Noir • Hand-harvested into small bins in the early morning • Russian...
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This layered, nuanced, spicy wine offers enticing aromas, intricate flavors and a balanced, appetizing mouthfeel. Red...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.80 $20.89
12 bottles: $17.11
Cool breezes and damp fog build character in our Russian River Valley Pinot Noir. French oak complements bold red...
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750ml
Bottle: $57.87
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750ml
Bottle: $97.83 $103.28
A broad, rich style, with boysenberry and blackberry puree notes cruising along, laced with fresh pine forest, anise...
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750ml
Bottle: $92.83 $103.28
Aromatic with ripe fruits and black fruits as well as strawberries with some black tobacco and tea leaf. Full-bodied...
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Pinot Noir 2012 2021 United States California Sonoma Valley 750ml

Regularly described as being the grape varietal responsible for producing the world's most romantic wines, Pinot Noir has long been associated with elegance and a broad range of flavors The name means 'black pine' in French, and this is due to the fact that the fruit of this particular varietal is especially dark in color, and hangs in a conical shape, like that of a pine cone. Despite being grown today in almost every wine producing country, Pinot Noir is a notoriously difficult grape variety to cultivate. This is because it is especially susceptible to various forms of mold and mildew, and thrives best in steady, cooler climates. However, the quality of the fruit has ensured that wineries and vintners have persevered with the varietal, and new technologies and methods have overcome many of the problems it presents. Alongside this, the wide popularity and enthusiasm for this grape has ensured it will remain a firm favorite amongst wine drinkers for many years to come.

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.

California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.

California's beautiful and remarkably fertile Sonoma Valley has grown over the decades to become one of the United States' most respected and profitable wine regions, with wineries within the region benefiting from the superb Californian sunshine, low rainfall and wonderfully rich soils. Because of this vital combination of excellent conditions, the region is able to grow a wide range of grape varietals for use in the production of an impressive array of wines, with many different red and white wine grapes flourishing each year and producing excellent and characterful results. The soils have been enriched by volcanic activity, and the presence of geothermal springs, which make this region a unique one, and very much the beating heart of California's ever growing wine industry.