MacPhail 2016 Pinot Noir, Toulouse Vyd., Anderson Valley
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MacPhail 2016 Pinot Noir, Toulouse Vyd., Anderson Valley
Cool Climate Anderson Valley is ideal for first Class Pinot Noir like this! Limited!!
About MacPhail 2016 Pinot Noir, Toulouse Vyd., Anderson Valley
With its first vintage in 2002, MacPhail created a cult following for their intensely flavored power-packed Pinot Noirs. Now part of the celebrated Hess Family portfolio, WInemaker Matt Courtney has a simple goal: capture the individuality of each vineyard site and let it express itself in your glass. His focus is the vineyard, and he has worked with many MacPhail growers for years. Celebrated for wines created for Arista, Marcassin and his own label, Ferren, he is well known for his wizardry with Pinot Noir.
Grapes for this wine are sourced from the Toulouse Vineyard in Anderson Valley. The Toulouse Vineyard represents the coolest climate Pinot Noir sourced for MacPhail, located literally up against the Pacific Ocean.
Grapes are 100% De-stemmed for a 5 day pre-fermentation cold soak, after that whole berries go into fermenting tanks. Fermentation is with 100% native yeasts and all clones are co-fermented in one tank. The wine then aged 11 months sur lie in 100% French oak, 33% new. Less than 600 cases were produced.
Wine Enthusiast Magazine scored this 92 points saying "Full bodied and very plush in texture, this supersmooth wine starts with aromas of cooked cherries and plums, moves to richer, sweet-seeming strawberries and red cherries on the palate while it coats the tongue and sides of the mouth with an appealing, creamy texture."
Grapes for this wine are sourced from the Toulouse Vineyard in Anderson Valley. The Toulouse Vineyard represents the coolest climate Pinot Noir sourced for MacPhail, located literally up against the Pacific Ocean.
Grapes are 100% De-stemmed for a 5 day pre-fermentation cold soak, after that whole berries go into fermenting tanks. Fermentation is with 100% native yeasts and all clones are co-fermented in one tank. The wine then aged 11 months sur lie in 100% French oak, 33% new. Less than 600 cases were produced.
Wine Enthusiast Magazine scored this 92 points saying "Full bodied and very plush in texture, this supersmooth wine starts with aromas of cooked cherries and plums, moves to richer, sweet-seeming strawberries and red cherries on the palate while it coats the tongue and sides of the mouth with an appealing, creamy texture."
Wine Details
- Alcohol % 14.6%
- Bottle Size 750 ml
- Wine Type Red
- Country United States
- Region California
- Appellation Mendocino
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