The Famous Gate Pinot Noir 1999

Name: Domaine Carneros THE FAMOUS GATE Pinot Noir California Where it's from:  USA, California, Carneros Price per case: £171.22  Bottles per case: 6 x 75 cl Style: Soft & Supple Reds Description: In the heart of the Carneros appellation stands the majestic chateau which houses Domaine Carneros winery. Claude Taittinger, president of Champagne Taittinger, traveled in the Carneros as a young man and recognized the potential of this beautiful area to produce world class wines. With the completion of Domaine Carneros in 1989, his dream of a California prestige winery became a reality. Domaine Carneros stands as testimony to Champagne Taittinger's devotion to the creation of fine wines, and is considered the landmark of the region. The 2000 Famous Gate Pinot Noir is loaded with fruit intensity. Aromas of plum, dark cherry, blackberry and raspberry fill the nose and intermingle with scents of toast, smoke and coffee. The wine hints of strawberry jam, cinnamon and chocolate. As always with this wine the texture is opulent and velvety soft. The wine is aged for 10 months in French oak 50% of which is new each year. (6 x 75 cl) Region: USA, California, Carneros Producer: Domaine Carneros Product ID: 12473 Number of cases :  Domaine Carneros AVANT GARDE Pinot Noir Carneros California Description: In the heart of the Carneros appellation stands the majestic chateau which houses Domaine Carneros winery. Claude Taittinger, president of Champagne Taittinger, traveled in the Carneros as a young man and recognized the potential of this beautiful area to produce world class wines. With the completion of Domaine Carneros in 1989, his dream of a California prestige winery became a reality. Domaine Carneros stands as testimony to Champagne Taittinger's devotion to the creation of fine wines, and is considered the landmark of the region. The newest complement to the distinguished line of pinot noirs, the Avant-Garde Pinot Noir is the third pinot noir in the collection. Created to be the vanguard of the vintage, this wine heralds the particular fresh fruit qualities of the Carneros Region. A complement to Famous Gate Pinot Noir, Avant Garde is the first new wine produced by Domaine Carneros for seven years. Intensely aromatic with hints of orange rind, violets, rose petals, anise and vanilla. This wine was fermented in open top fermenters and aged for 10 months in French oak barrels. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £86.02 Add Domaine Carneros AVANT GARDE Pinot Noir Carneros California To Basket Estancia PINNACLES RANCHES Pinot Noir Monterey California Description: The cool growing conditions of Monterey are ideally suited to producing top-quality Pinot Noir, and some of Estancia's vineyards are up to 36 years old. Up to 5 different clones of Pinot Noir are used. Classic open-top fermenters, as used in Burgundy are utilised followed by 8 months ageing in French oak barrels. The result is a delicious, seductive style of Pinot Noir with excellent varietal character plus nice touch of vanilla. Estancia PINNACLES RANCHES Pinot Noir Monterey California Description: The cool growing conditions of Monterey are ideally suited to producing top-quality Pinot Noir, and some of Estancia's vineyards are up to forty years old! Winemaker Phil Franscioni makes a delicious, seductive style of Pinot Noir with excellent varietal. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £81.49 Add Estancia PINNACLES RANCHES Pinot Noir Monterey California To Basket Yves Chaley Cuvee du Joyeux Drille Pinot Noir Description: Enthusiast Yves Chaley's vineyard lies in a sheltered valley 4 km west of Gevrey-Chambertin. This is 100% Pinot Noir produced from vines too young to qualify for the AOC. A poor relation? Not at all! A very good bottle of straight Pinot Noir. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £137.07 Add Yves Chaley Cuvee du Joyeux Drille Pinot Noir To Basket Balgownie Estate Yarra Valley Pinot Noir Victoria Australia Description: The nose displays a combination of plum, dark cherry and spice aromas, The palate has plum and cheery flavours backed by firm ripe tannins and excellent length Established in 1969 by winemaking legend Stuart Anderson, Balgownie Estate was the first boutique vineyard to be planted in the Bendigo district in more than 80 years. The new owners purchased the property from what is now Beringer Blass in June 1999 and have since invested millions rebuilding the winery and rejuvenating the vineyards. Balgownie Estate is back on track to return as one of Victoria's and Australia's icon wineries. Today, Balgownie Estate boasts two vineyards and cellars: Bendigo, with predominantly old vine Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz as well as small parcels of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and now the cool climate Yarra Valley with the regionally distinctive varietals of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £139.36 Add Balgownie Estate Yarra Valley Pinot Noir Victoria Australia To Basket Laroche Pinot Noir Vin de Pays d'Oc Description: This is true French Pinot Noir, but with the warmth of the Mediterranean and at a much more attractive price than Pinot Noir from Burgundy itself. It is medium garnet red in colour, and has a spicy red berry bouquet. In the mouth, there is mellow, supple, raspberry fruit and easy tannins. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £104.83 Add Laroche Pinot Noir Vin de Pays d'Oc To Basket Ata Rangi Pinot Noir Martinborough Wairarapa NZ Description: The Pinot Noir on the palate has rich cherry stone with delicate spices and ripe plum characters that emerge in the glass. Fine tannins run evenly across a full palate. A very low yielding vintage and a wonderfully warm early summer has delivered a dense, structured, deeply sumptuous, velvet-textured Pinot Noir with great density. This is a serious, cellar worthy Pinot. Ata Rangi is run by Clive Patton and his wife Phyll, Clive’s sister Alison and her winemaker husband Oliver Masters. They style themselves as the Ata Rangi Four, bound by a shared enthusiasm for Pinot Noir and a passion for quality. This passion is evident in their wines, in particular their Pinot Noir, which is consistently ranked as one of New Zealand’s best. The Ata Rangi vineyards are situated in Wairarapa, just south of Wellington. The grapes are planted on a thin layer of well-drained alluvial soil deposited on what was the original course of the river as it flowed east to the Pacific Ocean. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £365.61 Add Ata Rangi Pinot Noir Martinborough Wairarapa NZ To Basket Shadowfax Pinot Noir Victoria Australia Description: Bright Pinot Noir aromas of cherries, black fruits and subtle toasty oak. A full flavoured and textured palate with black fruits and truffles with a hint of earth and wood smoke. Tannins are soft and fine grained. This is our finest Pinot Noir to date and will continue to gain complexity and weight with time in bottle. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £184.01 Add Shadowfax Pinot Noir Victoria Australia To Basket Tyrrells OLD WINERY Pinot Noir Hunter Valley NSW Australia Description: Tyrrell 's pioneered Pinot Noir in Australia in the early 1970s.In 1972, Tyrrell 's planted 2 acres of Pinot Noir which were among the first commercial plantings of this variety in the area.The 1976 Tyrrell 's Pinot Noir was selected in the 'Gault Milleau World Dozen'in 1979, after beating wines from all over the world in the 1979 Wine Olympics in Paris. Made from selected parcels of fruit from NSW, South Australia and Western Australia. The majority of the fruit was machine harvested after which the fruit was fermented in a combination of traditional hand plunged open vats and larger potter tanks. Maturation was then carried out in predominantly French oak casks for 8 months prior to bottling. A soft but generously flavoured style of Pinot Noir with aromas of sweet berry fruit and savoury mushroom character. Generous fruit on the palate is complemented by subtle nuances of oak and smooth tannins on the finish. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £64.30 Add Tyrrells OLD WINERY Pinot Noir Hunter Valley NSW Australia To Basket Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir Willamette Valley DDO Oregon Description: Rather intense red hue. Black cherry, and fresh herb aromas. Also notes of coffee and spices. A rather soft attack and then a medium-bodied middle palate. Soft on the finish, it has excellent length. I would not confuse this wine with a Pinot Noir from Burgundy but at the same time it reminds me of the lovely, elegant style of a famous estate in the Côte de Nuits. I'll let you guess which one! (12 x 75 cl) Price: £279.88 Add Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir Willamette Valley DDO Oregon To Basket Vavasour VAVASOUR Pinot Noir Awatere Valley Marlborough NZ Description: Vavasour Pinot Noir is a deep garnet colour and shows aromatic cherry and spice on the nose. The concentrated palate exhibits rich dark cherry flavours with a long, soft tannin finish. The fruit which produced Vavasour Pinot Noir was hand picked from (12 x 75 cl) Price: £154.13 Add Vavasour VAVASOUR Pinot Noir Awatere Valley Marlborough NZ To Basket

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