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$42.94
$45.60
12 bottles:
$42.08
Welcomes with a decidedly savory and wild nose with bright red berries, incense, blood orange, clove, green...
750ml - Case of 12
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$39.10
This wine might blow your mind. It is incredibly luscious in the mouth. The color is ruby red and smells of violets,...
750ml
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$64.94
12 bottles:
$63.64
The melding of aromatics and structure provides a light yet complex, savory, and fresh wine with notes of dark...
750ml
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$43.20
$48.00
A new wine in this range, the 2021 Pinot Noir Estate (Sta. Rita Hills) is a blend from the Mae and Fiddlestix...
750ml
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$65.94
The 2021 Pinot Noir Fiddlestix is a blend of three parcels in the property. Rich and effusive, with tons of fruit...
750ml
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$55.70
The 2021 Pinot Noir La Encantada Vineyard is a very pretty, delicate wine. Crushed red berry fruit, cinnamon, spice...
750ml
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$69.76
The 2021 Pinot Noir La Rinconada Vineyard is a wild wine. Effusive aromatics, bright red-toned fruit, cedar and...
750ml
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$63.82
The 2021 Pinot Noir Mae Estate Vineyard is an intensely aromatic, savory wine. Dried herbs, earthiness, leather,...
750ml
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$83.84
The 2021 Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict Vineyard is another ethereal wine in this range. The lighter style of the year...
750ml
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$25.90
12 bottles:
$25.38
The 2022 Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills) is such a gorgeous wine. Lifted floral and savory accents give this fruity,...
750ml
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$21.84
12 bottles:
$20.90
This Los Alamos Vineyard wine is the first Pinot Noir from our new committment to the Santa Barbara region. Through...
750ml
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$67.74
$72.00
There's rich loaminess to the raspberry and dark cherry flavors in this red, flanked by forest floor notes. Ends with...
750ml
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$39.90
$44.00
A ripe, inviting style, with a delicious core of plum, raspberry and maraschino cherry fruit flavors, which meld...
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Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Isabelle 2019
750ml - Case of 6
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$100.48
The late Jim Clendenen named this wine after his daughter, now a leader in her family winery, and he always made sure...
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Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Isabelle 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$94.45
Lastly, the 2020 Pinot Noir Isabelle is all Pinot Noir from six different vineyards and four different AVAs. Its...
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Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Knox Alexander 2018
750ml - Case of 6
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$85.30
This bottling, named for the vintner's son, is quite light in the glass, offering aromas of crisp pomegranate,...
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Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Knox Alexander 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$80.18
Another gorgeous Pinot from ABC. Beautiful aromas of spice, rose petals, cherry/berry fruit are amplified on the...
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Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir La Bauge Au-Dessus 2019
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$71.93
Moving to the Pinot Noirs, the translucent ruby-hued 2019 Pinot Noir La Bauge Au-dessus offers good complexity in its...
Pinot Noir United States California Santa Barbara
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.
Santa Barbara is home to many of California's most sought after wines, with a powerful reputation for superbly crafted, old world style big, flavorful and complex red wines. The white wine industry in the region is growing, too, with many wineries within Santa Barbara successfully experimenting with several classic white wine grape varietals. As in much of California, Santa Barbara benefits from the blazing west coast sunshine, coupled with cooling Pacific Ocean breezes and fogs, which help to temper the grapes and slow the ripening process, thus ensuring more flavor and aroma in the resulting wines. Although Santa Barbara is a relatively young wine region, it is home to many wineries who are extremely dedicated when it comes to demonstrating just how good their terroir is, and how characterful their region's wines can be.