2019 Cline Cellars Pinot Noir Fog Swept

2019 Cline Cellars Pinot Noir Fog Swept

2019 Cline Cellars Pinot Noir Fog Swept; Sonoma County, California

Winemaker Notes; The 2019 Cline Pinot Noir has sumptuous flavors of raspberry, lilacs, and dark chocolate, with subtle hints of vanilla and toasted oak. This wine makes an ideal companion to foods like lamb, braised meats, or duck.

Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”