Name: Estancia Pinot Noir
Variety: Pinot Noir
Variety: Pinot Noir
Region: California
Country: Mmmmurica
Country: Mmmmurica
Year: 2011
Price: $15.99
Website review: Estancia relies on the benefits of boutique-style winemaking techniques including whole-berry fermentation, gentle punch downs and basket pressing for our estate grown Pinot Noir. The Monterey based winery uses only native yeasts to increase aromatics and gentle gravity flow systems to minimize aggressive tannins and bitterness. This hand-crafted approach results in Pinot Noir with soft, luscious aromas and flavor and rich, deep color.
My review: So we (my mom, sister, and boyfriend's sister, and I) tried the decanting test with this wine. When I tried it before I decanted it, it smelled slightly fruity but was hard to really detect anything else. The taste had some drying effect (tannins) to it and no sweetness. It had a faint rasberry taste to it. After we decanted it (maybe this was in my head, but even if it was, it works for me) it tasted so much better. It was so much easier to drink and didn't have such an offensive after taste. It smelled less dense/lighter and more fruity. It tasted similiar but had less pronounced tannins and was so much lighter. It still wasn't too sweet also, so I appreciated that. Food: no food Website review: Estancia relies on the benefits of boutique-style winemaking techniques including whole-berry fermentation, gentle punch downs and basket pressing for our estate grown Pinot Noir. The Monterey based winery uses only native yeasts to increase aromatics and gentle gravity flow systems to minimize aggressive tannins and bitterness. This hand-crafted approach results in Pinot Noir with soft, luscious aromas and flavor and rich, deep color.
XOXOVINO,
LJ
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