While the best Pinot Noir still comes from Burgundy, it is being produced with increasing success in cooler climates around the world.

The varietal is also known, perhaps better than any, for its ability to translate terroir, or a sense of place. At its best, Pinot Noir creates elegant wines that are filled with primary red fruit aromas and flavors while young, revealing with an array of secondary characteristics like earth, smoke, violet, truffle and game with age. The parent of varietals like Pinot Gris/Grigio and Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir is blue to violet to indigo in color with relatively thin skins, and it is said to have been cultivated in France for more than 2,000 years. One of France's most legendary grapes and the grape that earned Burgundy its reputation. Dark cherry and floral aromas introduce a palate of dark berry, chocolate, and pencil shavings. It is planted equally with Swan, Pommard, and 667 clones on sandy, well-drained soils. The 2010 3D from Brewer-Clifton is only the second release from this three-acre block of the estate vineyard.

The stem character is a bit pronounced at this stage. There is a lovely element of earthiness to the 3-D, while high-toned, floral aromatics add lift and brightness on the vibrant finish. (AG)Д¬rushed flowers, autumn leaves, hard candy, spices and sweet red cherries float out of the glass in the 2010 Pinot Noir 3-D. The 2010s are beautiful, transparent wines that capture the essence of the vintage and their respective sites. The Pinots were brought in during the second and third weeks of September, in between the heat spikes, while the Chardonnays were harvested later, once temperatures cooled off. Steve Clifton describes the 2010 harvest as 2-3 weeks later than normal. (JR)Д¬rushed flowers, autumn leaves, hard candy, spices and sweet red cherries float out of the glass in the 2010 Pinot Noir 3-D. Finishes with gentle tannic grip, a hint of spicecake and outstanding persistence. Spicy, incisive red fruit flavors show impressive depth and clarity, with an intense floral pastille quality adding an exotic flourish. Sexy, high-pitched aromas of raspberry and rose gain power with air, taking a turn to deeper cherry and licorice. Stephen Tanzer's International Wine CellarД«right red. The resulting vineyard site is a winemakerвЂ™s dream, offering a treasure trove of individual blocks and sections that showcase a variety of unique terroirs and microclimates.2010 Brewer-Clifton '3-D' Sta. To further augment the siteвЂ™s diversity with older vines, PresquвЂ™ile later acquired an adjacent 11-acre parcel of Clone 777 and 667 Pinot Noir vines planted in 2001. With the insights derived from these measurements, the Murphys planted the vineyard in a way that maximized the diversity of row directions, spacing, clones, and rootstocks. To achieve this vision, the family mapped the siteвЂ™s deep sandy soils, distinct airflows, patterns of sunlight patterns, hillside expositions and various elevations. Located sixteen miles from the Pacific Ocean, with the majestic San Rafael Mountains looming in the background, these ancient sand dunes were planted with an emphasis on diversity. After an extensive search that spanned the West Coast of the United States, the Murphy family acquired an ideal unplanted 200-acre property in the hills of the Santa Maria Valley in 2007.

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