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Red · Pinot Noir
Noir Absolu 2017
$640 · 750 ml
From the one shaded parcel on the estate, this Pinot is all perfume and silk: red cherry, rose and forest floor, with the weightless grip of a cool year.
Bottles
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- Vintage
- 2017
- Varietal
- Pinot Noir
- Format
- 750 ml
- Bottles made
- 1,800
In the cellar
- Single parcel, 0.9 hectares
- 40% whole cluster, gentle punch-downs
- Eighteen months in oak, 25% new
- Bottled under a full moon, as tradition insists
In the glass
Sour cherry, dried rose, orange peel, damp earth. Silky, lifted and long.
At the table
Duck breast, mushrooms, salmon on cedar, soft cheeses.
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