Twomey - Russian River Pinot Noir 2018

Twomey - Russian River Pinot Noir 2018

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In few locations is Pinot Noir as at home as it is in Russian River Valley and this bottle from Twomey is a wine you really don't want to end - a gorgeous, opulent, dancing, fragrant Pinot Noir with so much to admire. It's intense but not extracted, light but not lightweight and the fruit is just so bright and charismatic. An engrossing wine - this is why Pinot is arguably the greatest grape of all.

--------THE PRODUCER--------

Twomey Wines

From the great minds and founding forces of the illustrious Silver Oak winery comes Twomey Wines. Over 45 years at one of Napa Valley’s top wineries taught them how to respect the land as well as to create the delicate balance of place and the grape’s character in the final wines. The result is absolute finesse in all the wines that they produce. As they say, they’ve got old world techniques in the most new world wine region there is.

 

--------THE GRAPE--------

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir produces some of the world's most expensive, most lauded, rarest and delicious wines. Equally it is one of the most difficult grapes to grow successfully and as a result it is quite hard to make a balanced Pinot Noir. It is historically from Burgundy, most specifically in the Cote de Nuits, so much so that people will refer to Pinot Noir as a 'Burgundy'.

 

--------THE REGION--------

California

California is the United States of America's largest and most important wine region. It produces 90% of the USA's total production - with the fair majority of that being red wines. Since it is 'always sunny in California' it is the perfect region to grow red grapes that need a lot of heat to ripen up. This has lead to Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and an Italian grape varietal: Primitivo (Californian's call in Zinfandel) to being the most important red grapes. Chardonnay is the leading white followed by Sauvignon Blanc.

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