LinCourt Vineyards
Pinot Noir
Santa Barbara County
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Grape
Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Sugar at harvest: 23.6 - 24.4
Alcohol: 13.8%
TA: .71
PH: 3.36 |
LinCourt Pinot Noir is bottled under the inclusive Santa Barbara
County appellation in order to allow LinCourt the flexibility to source grapes
from several different vineyards and microclimates in Santa Barbara County and
thus enhance the wine's complexity. LinCourt acquires fruit in three major growing
regions of Santa Barbara County: the Santa Maria Valley, Santa Rita Valley and
the Alisos Canyon district.
The grapes for this wine are hand harvested, destemmed and placed in small open
top fermenters. The cap is punched down into the fermenting musts by hand several
times a day to delicately extract the colors and flavors. Following an average
fermentation period of ten to fourteen days, at which point the wine has just
achieved or shortly passed dryness, the wine is pressed off the skins. The wine
is pumped from the press into tanks where it settles for several days before being
racked to French oak barrels for aging.
The origin of oak is predominately Vosges and Allier and approximately 30 to 40
percent new oak is used for each new vintage. The wine is barrel aged for 12 to
15 months and each lot is separately racked and assembled into the determined
final blend. Bottling occurs between December and March of the following year,
without filtration, to preserve the wine's most complete expression of flavors
and aromas.
LinCourt Pinot Noir displays cherry and berry aromas with hints of earthy truffle
and spice components. The flavors are soft and rounded with a sweet, velvety texture
and a lingering fruit finish.
Suggested Retail Price: $18
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