Macrostie Pinot Noir
| Vintage: | 2019 |
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| Description: | Winemaker Notes\r\nWith a lovely light ruby color and enticing aromas of cocoa, red currant, fig and bramble, this wine beautifully embodies its cool-climate roots. On the palate, it is impeccably balanced, with an inviting entry offering flavors of plum, red berries, cola, button mushroom and earthy minerality.\r\nDisplaying both supple tannins and bright acidity, this is a wonderfully versatile wine for pairing with array of cuisines.\r\n91 Points Jeb Dunnuck\r\nAbout MacRostie Winery\r\nOver the past three decades, MacRostie Winery and Vineyards has established itself as one of the Sonoma Coast\u2019s defining wineries, and a leader in a bright, balanced and age-worthy style of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Today, MacRostie is guided by Sonoma County visionary and winery founder Steve MacRostie, and talented winemaker Heidi Bridenhagen, who together are making the finest wines in the winery\u2019s storied history.\r\nUsing grapes farmed by legendary winegrowing families including the Duttons, Sangiacomos, Martinellis and Bacigalupis, and from Steve\u2019s own Wildcat Mountain Vineyard, MacRostie\u2019s Sonoma Coast wines have established themselves as benchmarks, offering a rare intersection between labor-intensive small-lot winemaking, fair pricing and the complexity that can only be achieved by working with the finest vineyards.\r\nThough founded in 1987, the seeds for MacRostie Winery and Vineyards go back to 1974\u2014to the early days of Sonoma County winemaking\u2014when Steve began his career at Hacienda Winery. At a time when most California winemakers were fixated on Bordeaux varieties and Napa Valley, Steve and a handful of other pioneers took a different path, embracing the fog-shrouded vineyards of Sonoma County and their untapped potential for producing some of the finest Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in the world. Steve quickly gained renown as a winemaker capable of making exceptional Burgundian-variety wines. He also began to develop his own style, favoring crispness, complexity and vineyard character, as opposed to overt opulence.\r\nIn 1987, Steve established MacRostie. To make his earliest wines, he reached out to growers he knew and respected\u2014leaders of Sonoma County winegrowing, like the Sangiacomo family. MacRostie\u2019s wines were soon widely hailed for their unique balance of cool-climate structure and vibrant fruit. In 1992, years before the modern Pinot Noir boom, MacRostie added Pinot Noir to its portfolio, and quickly developed a devoted following for the pure and elegant style of these wines.\r\nSeveral years later, inspired by a desire to cultivate his own great piece of land, Steve discovered an amazing mountainside ranch in the Petaluma Gap region on the borderlands of the Sonoma Coast. Planted to Steve\u2019s specifications, this windswept site has become Wildcat Mountain Vineyard, and the cornerstone of the winery\u2019s vineyard program. At the same time, in its drive to represent the entirety of the Sonoma Coast, MacRostie has continued to explore ever-farther west, to sites like Dutton Ranch and Goldrock Ridge, just a few miles from the Pacific Ocean. To capture the rich expressiveness of the entire appellation, MacRostie works with more than 30 Chardonnay vineyards and over 15 Pinot Noir sites\u2014a remarkable level of diversity for a small winery.\r\nIn 2015, MacRostie unveiled its new state-of-the-art Pinot-focused winery and MacRostie Estate House on Westside Road in the Russian River Valley, which is also the home to Thale\u2019s Vineyard, named after Steve\u2019s wife. \ |
| Price: | $ 23.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from BASSER’S Fine Wine
| Address: |
6240 Coral Ridge Drive Coral Springs, FL 33076 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 954-840-3122 |
First added to 1000 Corks on December 12, 2021.
