Découverte Vineyard Pinot Noir 2015
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America / Oregon
Meaning "Discovery" in French and produced from the second Estate Vineyard owned by Résonance, the Découverte Vineyard Pinot Noir displays the best of the Dundee Hills AVA. Elegant yet structured, the wine is complex on the nose and palate with classic Pinot Noir aromas and flavors and a long finish.
Harvest Note
2015 was a fantastic year. Everything, beginning with Bud Break, started early, and with a solid Spring and Summer, most grapes were close to perfect condition for picking. Harvest started on September 8 and ended on the 13. Overall, the wines of 2015 are wonderful, with bright colors across the board with balance and harmony on the nose and palate.
Tasting Note
A brilliant and nice Ruby red in color. The nose is delicate, floral and fruity, with red fruits, wild flowers and noble wood fragrance. The wine is fine, subtle in the mouth. The tension is balanced by a delicate tannic structure, and the palate is full of fruits (raspberry, strawberry, blackberry) and spices (pepper, clove). The minerality dominates a long and elegant finale.
Technical Data
GRAPES: 100% Pinot Noir
APPELLATION: Dundee Hills AVA
PH: 3.6
ACIDITY: 5.60 g/l
ABV: 14%
AGING: 15 months in French oak, 30% new
Unique Selling Points
- Second Vineyard purchased in Oregon by Résonance
- Receives 15 months oak aging in French oak, 30% new
- Farmed organically
- Available in limited quantities
With more than a decade working hand-in-hand with famed Louis Jadot winemaker Jacques Lardière, Guillame Large embraced the opportunity to move from Burgundy to Oregon to become winemaker for Résonance.
“We use the winery to reveal the terroir of each vineyard.”
“We use the winery to reveal the terroir of each vineyard.”
Guillaume Large, Winemaker
About the Grape
Pinot Noir
In France, makes a silky, deceptively powerful wine of elegant, complex aromas and subtle, red fruit flavors, with earthy, floral, mushroom and mineral notes. In California, shows ripe, sweet characters.
