2006 St Innocent Pinot Blanc Freedom Hill Vineyard (White Wines / White Wines $25 And Under) -- California Wine Shopping Cart -- Vineyard Hill Freedom Blanc Pinot Innocent St 2006

<H1>2006 St Innocent Pinot Blanc Freedom Hill Vineyard -- California Wine Shopping Cart</H1> $18.95 -- 2006 St Innocent Pinot Blanc Freedom Hill Vineyard Willamette Valley Oregon <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/calwine/images/stinnocent1.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="2006 St Innocent Pinot Blanc Freedom Hill Vineyard" NAME="2006 St Innocent Pinot Blanc Freedom Hill Vineyard" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> 2006 St Innocent Pinot Blanc Freedom Hill Vineyard Tasting Notes: Ripe pear and peach compote aromas dominate the nose. Layers of sweet stone and pomme fruit flavors move across your palate with hints of spice. It has a lovely mouth filling texture with flavors that linger well into the finish. This vintage finshed just short of dryness, with an RS of 0.39% which adds breadth to the fruit. Mark Vlossak, winemaker Winemaker's Notes: Pinot blanc and Pinot gris are closely related to Pinot noir. Both are the result of natural mutations of Pinot noir. The entire Pinot family ripens beautifully in Oregon because our climate is perfectly suited to their needs. The resulting wines are blessed with ripe fruit and balanced acidity. Pinot blanc has a complexity of pomme (apple and pear) and tropical fruit aromas that carry onto your palate. I believe Pinot blanc works differently with food than either Pinot gris or Chardonnay. It matches extremely well with shellfish and fatty fish dishes. It is especially good with mussels and tuna tartar. Pinot gris is a great match with leaner fish and other white meats. For the 2006 vintage, 95% of our Pinot blanc was fermented in tank and 5% was fermented in new wood. The tank fermented wine retains the purity of fruit and the barreled wine adds a nice textural component that extends into the finish. <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/calwine" TITLE="California Wine Wines">California Wine Wines</A> <A HREF="http://www.calwine.com">California Wine</A> California Wine Online Store powered by Nexternal <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="shopping cart software">shopping cart software</A>