Lingua Franca - Tongue 'n Cheek - Pinot Noir 2019
Price: $99.00
Producer | Lingua Franca |
Country | U.S. |
Region | Oregon |
Subregion | Eola-Amity Hills, Willamette Valley |
Varietal | Pinot Noir |
Vintage | 2019 |
Sku | 011021 |
ABV | 13.00% |
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 minimal intervention in the winery.
Lingua Franca's Tongue 'n Cheek Pinot Noir is made from Block 3, PN777 where the soils are more fertile, nudging the fruit forward ahead of mineral and structural qualities. The grapes were hand-picked at night, fermented in stainless steel tanks with ambient yeast and minimal punch downs with 10% whole clusters to provide a bit more spice and structure to the luscious fruit quality. After fermentation, the wine was racked into 18% new French oak barriques and aged sur lie for 12 months, then assembled in tank for another 5 months until bottling. The intensity of the 2019 vintage is apparent in the wine’s rich texture, spiciness, and persistence.