2007 Manchester Ridge Vineyard Pinot noir (Current Releases) -- Tandem Winery Shopping Cart -- noir Pinot Vineyard Ridge Manchester 2007

<H1>2007 Manchester Ridge Vineyard Pinot noir -- Tandem Winery Shopping Cart</H1> $54.00 <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/tandem/images/07_MR_PN.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="2007 Manchester Ridge Vineyard Pinot noir" NAME="2007 Manchester Ridge Vineyard Pinot noir" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> The vineyard is hard to get to. The wine is not. The approachability of the 2007 Manchester Ridge Vineyard Pinot noir gives not a hint of the tortuous logging roads that need to be traversed to get to this isolated jewel of the Mendocino Coast. It is among the finest and most enigmatic vineyards that Greg La Follette has ever worked with, anywhere in the world. ‘Nuff said – the wine speaks best for itself! Tasting notes: With a nod to the Burgundian style, this far-coast Pinot has elements of racy cold climate red fruit (cranberries, choke cherries and, with air, raspberries) and touches of pinot-centric herbaceousness (rhubarb, fresh sweet green tobacco leaf and bayberry) on the nose. The palate continues this coastal/cool climate theme with more of the same red fruit and great natural acidity to frame the structure of tannins, red fruit flavors and touches of peaty earth towards the end of the palate. Sweet licorice sneaks in there somewhere between the middle and the end of the long finish. This wine is all about the vineyard and its location. Technical Data: <ul> <li>Vineyard: Located about 2200’ above the Pacific Ocean and on the first ridge overlooking the Manchester Plain that leads to the sea, this site is about as dramatic as a vineyard can get. The soils are a sandy clay loam series not unlike the Goldridge soils we have at our winery in Sonoma County. Winters are moderated by the ocean and bud break is early (February to early March), but shoot growth is slow through the Summers, which is much cooler than the interior valleys. Harvest is always late, with both the Pinot and the Chard being the last of their varietals into the barn. The clones are Swan, Dijon 115 and Dijon 777 on 101-14 rootstock.</li> <li>Harvest: “Easy” is a word that is seldom used out on the coast to describe harvest. But this was a relatively simple year: long, dry growing season, good maturation, and picking before the fall rains came. The Chardonnay, having to hang longer, is another story….</li> <li>Fermentation: Also very straightforward, with native primary and secondary ferments going through without a hitch. We used about 5% whole cluster but no crushing to develop the fermentation cap, done in 4-ton open-topped dairy tanks for better and gentler extraction.</li> <li>Barrel aging: 40% new French oak, mostly Francois Freres from the Troncais forest, help to flesh out the bold tannins and natural acidity. The wine was transferred into barrel before fermentation was complete, allowing for some yeast contact for the season. The wine was aged on the lees for 11 month with only two stirrings of the barrels before decanting off the fermentation solids and bottled without fining.</li> <li>Bottling technical information of 193 cases</li> <ul> <li>pH: 3.95</li> <li>TA: 5.8 g/L</li> <li>14.1% alcohol</li> <li>Residual sugar: 0.01% (impossibly dry)</li> <li>Appellation: Mendocino Ridge</li> </ul> </ul> <LI>SKU: T707PNMR 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/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/Product70 TITLE="2006 Silver Pines Pinot Noir">2006 Silver Pines Pinot Noir</A> -- 93 POINTS - Wine News (August Edition 2009) <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