2006 Silver Pines Pinot Noir (Current Releases) -- Tandem Winery Shopping Cart -- Noir Pinot Pines Silver 2006

<H1>2006 Silver Pines Pinot Noir -- Tandem Winery Shopping Cart</H1> $42.00 -- 93 POINTS - Wine News (August Edition 2009) <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/tandem/images/05SilverPines.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="2006 Silver Pines Pinot Noir" NAME="2006 Silver Pines Pinot Noir" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> Located on a solo hill at 980’ elevation in the middle of the wind tunnel created by the draw of Crane Canyon up from the Petaluma Gap, the two clonal blocks of a Swiss scion (Mariafeld) and a Pommard selection (UCD-4) are grown on the NW-facing slope. In years where mean air temperature is a little higher on the slopes of Sonoma Mountain, this protected yet moderating influence means that Silver Pines ripens its grapes fully and without haste – something that California Pinot is generally not used to doing! The site and the owners, Norm and Carol Silverman, are a winemaker’s dream and consistently our Tandem consumers’ delight… Tasting notes: deep, dark color foretells of the wine’s strength. Aromas: this is a young, brooding wine with dark fruits, beeswax and hints of Ribena. On the mouth the youthful presentation continues with a chewy, dense, thick and powerful entry that shows off the tannins of the vintage – big but broad and spreading, rather than attacking. This wine takes time to open up to black cherry and dark plum with a tartness of Acerola cherry on the late palate. This is a wine to taste through several years to watch its evolution. Technical Data: <ul> <li>Harvest: The challenges of 2006 were not seen so severely at Silver Pines. The warm spell in the early part of harvest was embraced by the Pommard block of Pinot, giving us an early opening harvest window. The open cluster architecture of the Mariafeld clone kept Botrytis at bay as this clone hung through 3 rain events! Tough going, but the vineyard stepped up to the task.</li> <li>Fermentation: Both lots were done with wild fermentation, both primary and secondary. Pressing was conducted using a JLB basket press about 2 Brix before dryness, with both ferments finishing within 6 weeks of pressing off. All wines went to barrel without racking or clarification of any kind.</li> <li>Barrel Aging: As with the previous two years, we went light on the oak, with about 1/3 new French. Total time in barrel was 11 month in additional once and twice used barriques.</li> <li>Final bottling technical information of 851 cases of this third bottling of Silver Pines Pinot noir:</li> <ul><li>pH: 3.64</li> <li>TA: 6.4 g/L</li> <li>14.9% alcohol</li> <li>Residual sugar: 0.08% (very, very dry)</li> <li>Appellation: Sonoma Mountain</li> </ul> </ul> <LI>SKU: T706PNSP Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Category1" TITLE="Current Releases">Current Releases</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product78 TITLE="2007 Manchester Ridge Vineyard Pinot noir">2007 Manchester Ridge Vineyard Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product67 TITLE="2006 Sangiacomo Chardonnay">2006 Sangiacomo Chardonnay</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product94 TITLE="2007 Sangiacomo Chardonnay">2007 Sangiacomo Chardonnay</A> -- NEW RELEASE! <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product85 TITLE="2006 Porter-Bass Chardonnay">2006 Porter-Bass Chardonnay</A> -- NEW RELEASE! <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product74 TITLE="2006 Van der Kamp Pinot Noir">2006 Van der Kamp Pinot Noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product77 TITLE="2007 Hawk’s Roost Ranch Pinot noir">2007 Hawk’s Roost Ranch Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product68 TITLE="2006 Auction Block Pinot noir">2006 Auction Block Pinot noir</A> -- SILVER MEDAL - 2009 SF Int'l Wine Competition & 92 POINTS-Wine News <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product72 TITLE="2006 Sangiacomo Pinot Noir">2006 Sangiacomo Pinot Noir</A> -- GOLD MEDAL - 2009 SF Int'l Wine Competition & 93 POINTS-Wine News <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product92 TITLE="2007 Silver Pines Pinot Noir">2007 Silver Pines Pinot Noir</A> -- NEW RELEASE! <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product82 TITLE="2007 Auction Block Pinot Noir">2007 Auction Block Pinot Noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product86 TITLE="2007 Van der Kamp Pinot Noir">2007 Van der Kamp Pinot Noir</A> -- NEW RELEASE! <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