Lingua Franca - Estate - Pinot Noir 2017
Price: $60.00
| Producer | Lingua Franca |
| Country | U.S. |
| Region | Oregon |
| Subregion | Eola-Amity Hills, Willamette Valley |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2017 |
| Sku | 010983 |
| ABV | 13.00% |
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In 2012, Larry Stone, the ninth American to become a Master Sommelier, purchased his dream vineyard site in the Eola-Amity Hills of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Together with David Honig and Dominque Lafon, they founded Lingua Franca in 2015 with the spirit that wine is a universal language that brings people of different worlds to a common ground of shared conversation and shared enjoyment. In the 66-acre LS Vineyard, all farming is sustainable and guided by biodynamic principles as well as by respect for the environment, encouraging a healthy diversity of life. The soils are a mix of Jory, Jory-Geldermann and Nekia and the vineyard a combination of 18 different clones and rootstock. Winemaking is traditional and guided by minimal intervention in the cellar.
The Lingua Franca Estate Pinot Noir is made from twice sorted fruit and fermented 20% whole-cluster with the rest of the fruit destemmed though whole berry fermented. The wine is aged a combination of 25% new and 75% old French oak barriques for 12 months and four in tank, prior to bottling. On the palate, the wine is quite dense and rich, powerful in expression, with a perfect balance of red and black fruits (dark plum, pomegranate and raspberry) then the nuances of wet stone and savory herbs come through in the lifted lingering finish and velvety texture. Enjoy with with a variety of meats, from roast chicken to veal, lamb, or pork.
