BETH'S WINE PICK
Friday, 11/16
CALERA PINOT NOIR (Central Coast)
Retail Price: $25.99
BETH PRICE: $20.99 (Only at AJ's Fine Foods)
Hear what Beth had to say about this week's wine pick!
Awarded 2011 Winery of the Year by Wine & Spirits Magazine (the fourth time in the last eight years after 2009, 2008, and 2006), Calera is sure on a roll. 2010 witnessed an unusually cool summer, resulting in a long, cool growing season, ideal for producing the style of fragrant, bright, expressive cool-climate Pinot that Calera is known for. Fruit for the Central Coast bottling is sourced from various sites throughout the Central Coast AVA, including the Laetitia Vineyard in San Luis Obispo, Chula Vina in Monterey, and Besson Vineyard in Santa Clara County (among others). The separate lots were fermented and aged without racking in 10% new French oak for eleven months, then blended and bottled unfiltered. Winemaker's Notes: "A wonderful, full gentle bouquet of red plum, berries, rose petal and mineral accents lively flavors of blackberry, raspberry and sassy sour cherry. This wine offers great depth, spice, a hint of sweet oak and beautiful texture with very fine-grained tannins and a soft, round, easy drinking mouthfeel that lingers on leaving you wanting another taste.
