[ Home > Wines > Red Wines > Pinot Noir > California - Pinot Noir > California - Pinot Noir > Iron Horse Pinot Noir 2006 ]
Hand picked grapes from five different blocks, seven different clones, Clone 12/Martini Selection, Pommard, Geisenheim, BNV-3, AH113, 115 & 116, are de-stemmed into stainless steel tanks where they are cold-soaked (using dry ice) for seven days. Before fermentation is complete, the new wine is gently pressed from the skins and transferred to French oak barrels. Fermentation then goes to completion in the barrels, allowing them to stir the lees as the wine ages prior to blending and bottling. By nose; black licorice, intense raspberry, forest floor, roasting herbs. By mouth; sweet cherry, soft tannins, resolved. Match with spring wild mushroom ragu, seared lamb tenderloins, caramelized chicories, cone of pomme frittes with sea salt and cracked black pepper, tellegio cheese, mesquite grilled rabbit with rosemary, warm figs, slow roasted pork ribs, crispy sonoma duck, pizza bianco. |
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