<H1>2000 Benziger Reserve Pinot Noir (750 ml) -- Benziger & Imagery Online Store Shopping Cart</H1>
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-- <I>Our 2000 Reserve Pinot Noir shows lush, berry and spice notes, which are carried in a softly textured mouthfeel to a prolonged finish. Under proper conditions, it will continue to develop for another 7 years.</I>
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VINTAGE<BR>2000<BR><BR>RELEASE DATE<BR>September 2004<BR><BR>AVAILABILITY<BR>Select Markets Nationally<BR><BR>APPELLATIONS<BR>65% Santa Barbara<BR>35% Sonoma County<BR><BR>VINEYARDS<BR>SONOMA COUNTY<BR>Sterling, Little Vineyards<BR><BR>SANTA MARIA VALLEY<BR>Bien Nacido Vineyards<BR><BR>VINTAGE: Each year, as part of our Reserve program, we select the best blocks from the best vineyards, which are then kept separate through the winemaking process until being selected, barrel-by-barrel, for the final blend. Vintage 2000 provided us with excellent fruit. The growing season began with the warmest winter on record, which gave way to a very warm spring punctuated by a record heat spell in mid June. The warm weather moved us two to three weeks ahead of schedule. A more temperate summer followed, allowing the grapes to ripen evenly. The long, drawn out harvest yielded extremely high quality fruit giving us wine with tremendous body and texture.<BR><BR>VINIFICATION: Four lots of grapes were culled from these three vineyards and each was matched individually to the size and shape fermenter best suited to its development. Three lots were cold soaked to extract maximum flavor with minimum tannin. Punch down and pump over routines were monitored and altered daily through the 8-17 day fermentation. The wine, still maintained in separate lots, was rushed to French oak shortly after pressing to finish secondary fermentation and was stirred weekly to intermittently build middle mouthfeel and velvety texture. The wine received a total of 16 months barrel aging. The individual lots were blended, then bottled in April 2002. Alcohol: 14.5%, Total Acidity: .62, pH: 3.64, Residual Sugar: .07. Cases produced: 1,410.<BR></P>
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<LI>SKU: 330100
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