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FEL "Savoy Vineyard" Pinot Noir 2014
(Anderson Valley, California) - [WE 93]
Regular price $95.00 Sale price $68.97 Save $26.03
Notes from the Winemaker:
Always a wine of complexity and substance, the 2014 Savoy Pinot Noir is rich with notes of pine needles, forest floor, anise, and roasted tea which surround a core of black cherry, cola, and fresh fig. A delicate balance of silky tannins and fresh acidity support a rich palate, long on dark fruit flavors of blackcurrant and plum, with layers of allspice and crushed mint. This is a slow developing wine that will benefit greatly from a few years of bottle aging and continue to develop for at least a decade.
Winemaking:
The fruit was harvested September 8th and 17th at an average of 24.3° Brix. It then went through a seven day cold soak at 50°F, a nine day un inoculated primary fermentation, peaking between 90 and 94°F, and a seven to fourteen day extended maceration. The wine was aged f if teen months in 60 gallon French oak barrels, 53% of which were new. Coopers include Cadus, Damy, Rousseau, François Frères and Sirugue
93 Points - Wine Enthusiast Magazine:
"Hints of sweet oak meld beautifully with full-fledged fruit aromas and flavors of dark plum and black cherry in this full-bodied wine. It unfolds from a mildly spicy nose to a rich, warm palate sensation and lingering finish. One of several single-vineyard expressions, the Savoy Vineyard is now the FEL estate vineyard." - Jim Gordon (9/1/2017)
Always a wine of complexity and substance, the 2014 Savoy Pinot Noir is rich with notes of pine needles, forest floor, anise, and roasted tea which surround a core of black cherry, cola, and fresh fig. A delicate balance of silky tannins and fresh acidity support a rich palate, long on dark fruit flavors of blackcurrant and plum, with layers of allspice and crushed mint. This is a slow developing wine that will benefit greatly from a few years of bottle aging and continue to develop for at least a decade.
Winemaking:
The fruit was harvested September 8th and 17th at an average of 24.3° Brix. It then went through a seven day cold soak at 50°F, a nine day un inoculated primary fermentation, peaking between 90 and 94°F, and a seven to fourteen day extended maceration. The wine was aged f if teen months in 60 gallon French oak barrels, 53% of which were new. Coopers include Cadus, Damy, Rousseau, François Frères and Sirugue
"Hints of sweet oak meld beautifully with full-fledged fruit aromas and flavors of dark plum and black cherry in this full-bodied wine. It unfolds from a mildly spicy nose to a rich, warm palate sensation and lingering finish. One of several single-vineyard expressions, the Savoy Vineyard is now the FEL estate vineyard." - Jim Gordon (9/1/2017)