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Au Bon Climat Santa Barbara Pinot Noir 2007

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Winery:
Au Bon Climat
Varietal:
Pinot Noir
Region:
USA > California > Santa Barbara County > Santa Maria Valley
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2015
UPC:
50755000030000,
50755000040000

User Tags:  fruit, pinot, balance, bottling, acidic, resinous, fruits, elegant, fragrant, oak 


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What to Expect

California has long struggled with Pinot Noir. Finding the right vineyards for this most fickle of grape, one that enjoys a cool growing season yet needs warmth close to harvest to fully ripen, has proven a challenge in such a sunny state. Cooler areas eventually became identified; the Santa Rita Hills, Russian River Valley and Mendocino's Anderson valley are all prime spots for Pinot Noir in California. Unlike the lighter colored and sometimes delicate Pinots of Burgundy, California produces many rich, deep Pinots full of slightly chewy dark berry and cherry fruits with hints of cola, Asian spices and forest floor frequently adding complexity.

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Notes on the Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Santa Barbara 2007 : AU BON CLIMAT PINOT NOIR SANTA BARBARA 2007

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Source: Astor Wines
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If you want exceptional California Pinot Noir for your money – look no further. This well-balanced Pinot has rich, red-raspberry fruit with smoky notes. This delicious wine is a natural choice with food. By hand-selecting the grapes from the best fruit Santa Barbara has to offer and through careful bottling, this winemaker does his job.


March 2009

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This was a poor wine. Very acidic with harsh tannins and a long unpleasant after taste. I am tossing the rest of this bottle. I decanted this bottle for several hours and still have the same opinion.


November 2009

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Jancis review: This was/is pure essence of Pinot Noir - beautifully balanced and fragrant withlots of fruit and elegance and no trace of superfluous sweetness oralcohol....if you like gentle, fruity, dancing Pinot Noir that has no excess oftannin, acidity, sugar or alcohol but just enough of all four to make it agreat drink already and any time over the next two or possibly three years.(Jancis Robinson - Wine of the week - jancisrobinson.com -23-Jun-2009)


August 2009

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Source: Berry Bros.
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Jancis review: This was/is pure essence of Pinot Noir - beautifully balanced and fragrant with
lots of fruit and elegance and no trace of superfluous sweetness or
alcohol....if you like gentle, fruity, dancing Pinot Noir that has no excess of
tannin, acidity, sugar or alcohol but just enough of all four to make it a
great drink already and any time over the next two or possibly three years.

(Jancis Robinson - Wine of the week - jancisrobinson.com -
23-Jun-2009)


November 2009

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