Domaine de la CôteSanta Barbara, USA
Why you'll love it
Sourced from the 3.5-acre Memorious vineyard in Sta. Rita Hills, this Pinot Noir is fermented with 100% whole clusters using indigenous yeasts in open concrete tanks and aged for 12 months in 30% new French oak, highlighting the purity and...
Fewer than 6 left, but you can still mix any 6 bin end wines for the extra 10%.
Warm, ripe berries, tea, tobacco, and cedar. This Memorious is texturally more tightly wound than some of its predecessors, awash in youthful energy that will settle down over its first year or two in bottle. As it finds its form, though, you will experience a delicious and generous wine whose concentration and force are deceptively subtle.
Ideal with roasted duck, mushroom risotto, or grilled salmon.
Best known in Burgundy, Oregon, New Zealand
The great red grape of Burgundy. Cherry, raspberry, earthy and floral notes, with silky tannins and fresh acidity. Notoriously hard to grow well, but capable of extraordinary elegance, and a key grape in Champagne and English sparkling wine.
USA
Southern California, but cooled by the Pacific thanks to valleys that run east to west, funnelling fog and breezes inland. Sta. Rita Hills and Santa Maria Valley are known for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, while the warmer Santa Ynez Valley suits Syrah and Bordeaux grapes. Vibrant, balanced wines.
Santa Barbara, USA
A winery in the Sta. Rita Hills, California, set up to express the place through organic farming and minimal winemaking. Sommelier Rajat Parr and winemaker Sashi Moorman are behind it. Love Wine stocks three Pinot Noirs, including Memorious and Bloom's Field.
More from Domaine de la Côte →Crafted by Domaine de la Côte, a winery dedicated to expressing the unique terroir of Sta. Rita Hills through organic farming and minimalist winemaking practices.
If you like these, you'll love this: Fans of Burgundy's Côte de Nuits or Oregon's Willamette Valley Pinot Noirs seeking a complex and site-expressive wine.
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