2003 Auction Block Pinot noir (Current Releases) -- Tandem Winery Shopping Cart -- noir Pinot Block Auction 2003

<H1>2003 Auction Block Pinot noir -- Tandem Winery Shopping Cart</H1> $54.00 <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/tandem/images/03AuctPin.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="2003 Auction Block Pinot noir" NAME="2003 Auction Block Pinot noir" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> Made from four of our best barrels from the cellar, the Auction Block is a reserve level Pinot noir that was created as a response to the wine we found ourselves donating to various charities with which we are associated with. Tasting notes: Dark color. Rich, warm spice and cola notes first greet the nose, followed by dark fruits. The complexity continues to evolve in the glass with forest floor, truffle and other earth tones fading into hints of fresh-roasted coffee beans. The palate is well-structured with the acidity and tannins that come from our cool-climate coastal vineyards. As with the nose, dark fruits again present themselves in the taste, with the complex flavors in the mouth following the nose. This wine is a young pup that was built to last – saving a few bottles for the next few years will be rewarded with increased complexity and roundness that only aging can bring to such a wine. Technical Data: • Fruit: Dijon (115, 667, 777) and Pommard clones selected barrel-by-barrel from our finest lots • Harvest: Late Sept. to late October, all in the range of 24o Brix • Fermentation: all native for both primary and secondary, with primary in open-top fermentors. Following 4-5 days of cold soaking at 8-10o and then fermentations peaking at 31-33o C with gentle hand-plunging, most of wine was pressed off before dryness and gravity-racked to French oak. Held on the fine lees for 14 months in 25% new Remond and Seguin-Moreau barrels. Following an anaerobic clarification racking, the wine was aged for an additional 10 months again in barrel. Majority of wood source was Troncais forest. • Final bottling technical information of 92 cases: o pH: 3.58 o TA: 6.4 g/L o 14.3% alcohol o Residual sugar: 0.02% o Appellation: Sonoma Coast <LI>SKU: 03PNAB 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/Product94 TITLE="2007 Sangiacomo Chardonnay">2007 Sangiacomo 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/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