2005 Auction Block Pinot noir (Library Wines) -- Tandem Winery Shopping Cart -- noir Pinot Block Auction 2005

<H1>2005 Auction Block Pinot noir -- Tandem Winery Shopping Cart</H1> $54.00 <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/tandem/images/05Auction_Block_Bottle.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="2005 Auction Block Pinot noir" NAME="2005 Auction Block Pinot noir" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> Auction Block Pinot noir is a wine dedicated to the many charities Tandem has been supporting since we first started selling wine in late 2002. Comprised of the best barrels of our best vineyards, this wine is always meant to show how enduring yet generous and rich Pinot noir can be. This wine is built for the long haul. It will last the test of time as it is “auctioned off” to charitable collectors, yielding long-term results for both wine enthusiast and the organizations that help to fight diseases, support children and promote the arts and sciences of our world. Tasting Notes: This year’s blend demonstrates the bright red fruits that are so very present in the cool 2005 vintage. Red cherry and berries on the nose are well-framed by touches of earth from the wild ferments and pine duff from the van der Kamp vineyard. On the mouth, the brightness continues with excellent, mouth-watering acidity and firm tannins that support a long, late finish that fades into touches of guava and floral, tropical retro nasal notes. Technical Data: <ul><li>Vineyards: The Silver Pines Vineyard’s Mariafeld clone and Van der Kamp vineyard’s “Old Vine” 1960s plantings, each near the top of Sonoma Mountain, once again provide backbone. Continuing the terroir tour of this historic highland, the Chris Lee Vineyard on the North slope volcanic ash fields gives additional complexity of berry notes and the Sangiacomo family’s Roberts Road vineyard at the West base of the mountain in the Petaluma Gap add this vineyard’s sauvage quality. Kent Ritchie’s famed Russian River vineyard provides touches of cola notes and sarsaparilla.</li> <li>Harvest: The cool vintage of 2005 went late into October. Weather stayed relatively dry, allowing for perfect ripening of the moderately-filled clusters and thin-skinned berries that might have otherwise been at risk to Fall rot pressure. We did not finish harvesting Pinot until the first week of October!</li> <li>Fermentation: done completely spontaneous for both primary and malolactic fermentation, we almost always choose the wild side of wine microbiology. Extended cold-soak during pre-fermentation helped to encourage the cool-climate yeast living in these vineyards and our winery. Most of the wine pressed before dryness which allows for the primary fermentation to finish in barrel, giving greater complexity, subtlety and integration to the oak aromas and flavors in the wine.</li> <li>Barrel Aging: After pressing, most of the wines went directly to barrel without settling or racking. Barrels from Remond, Sirugue and Francois Freres coopers of Burgundy were used. Age of cooperage was 20% new, with additional neutrality of wood spread over once-, twice- and thrice-used barrels. Total time in barrel, as is customary for this reserve-level blend, was an average of 14 months.</li> <li>Bottling: 417 cases of this unfined, gravity-racked wine were bottled in late December 2006.</li> <ul><li>pH: 3.48</li> <li>TA: 6.72 g/L</li> <li>14.3% alcohol</li> <li>Residual sugar: 0.1%</li> <li>Appellation: Sonoma Coast</li> </ul> </ul> <LI>SKU: T705PNAB Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Category5" TITLE="Library Wines">Library Wines</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product29 TITLE="2004 Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay">2004 Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product46 TITLE="2004 Sangiacomo Pinot noir">2004 Sangiacomo Pinot noir</A> -- 94 POINTS - Pinot Report <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product51 TITLE="2005 Sangiacomo Chardonnay">2005 Sangiacomo Chardonnay</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product32 TITLE="2004 Hellenthal Pinot noir">2004 Hellenthal Pinot noir</A> -- Limited <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product33 TITLE="2004 Peloton Red Wine">2004 Peloton Red Wine</A> -- Limited <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product13 TITLE="2003 van der Kamp Pinot noir">2003 van der Kamp Pinot noir</A> -- 91 POINTS - The Wine Enthusiast <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product39 TITLE="2004 van der Kamp Pinot noir">2004 van der Kamp Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product65 TITLE="2005 van der Kamp Pinot noir">2005 van der Kamp Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product5 TITLE="2003 Keefer Ranch Pinot Noir, Green Valley">2003 Keefer Ranch Pinot Noir, Green Valley</A> -- ONE OF THE BEST PINOT NOIRS - Sunset Magazine <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product50 TITLE="2005 Chris Lee Pinot noir">2005 Chris Lee Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product56 TITLE="2005 Peloton Red Wine">2005 Peloton Red Wine</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product60 TITLE="2004 Gabrielli Sangiovese">2004 Gabrielli Sangiovese</A> <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/tandem" TITLE="Tandem Winery Products">Tandem Winery Products</A> <A HREF="http://www.tandemwinery.com">Tandem Winery</A> Tandem Winery <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="ecommerce software">ecommerce software</A> powered by Nexternal