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Organic Vision Pinot Noir Reserve, 2020
Shipped and sold by Sperling Vineyards
2020
Okanagan Valley
750 mL, 12.4% ALC/VOL
Pinot Noir
Critic's Rating
93 pts
Elegant West Coast refinement describes this wine beautifully. Classic Pinot Noir.
Colour: Medium purple
Flavours: Dark cherries and licorice
Enjoy with roasted organic chicken, including salty roasted potatoes smothered in drippings.
2020 accumulated ~1340 GDD (Growing Degree Days) which seems to be the new normal for the 21st century. Even though the overall heat accumulation resembled 2018, the seasonal conditions were quite different. 2020 started out with a very cool May & June, followed by a moderate July & then a very warm August & September. Grapes were sweeter & with more dark fruit character.
Residual sugar: >1 g/L
Critic's Rating
93pts
The Vision Series Pinot Noir was planted in 2008 on blocks noted for their calcium-limestone rich clay soils. Sperling chose three Dijon clones (114, 777, 828) planted on three different rootstocks (10114, 3309 & Paulson) for the 8.5 acres of hillside vineyard. It was fermented in one- and four-tonne lots, including 40% whole clusters, hand-picked, and sorted fruit is wild fermented to both alcoholic and malolactic dryness, then barrel aged in large format (265, 300 & 500 L) French oak barrels for 18 months (with a tiny percentage of new wood). The intriguing nose begins with notes of forest floor and late autumn leaves and opens to a melange of savoury red berries, beet root, nutmeg and spice notes that are fully integrated. It’s silky smooth on the palate with ripe and savoury black raspberries, cherry tart, anise, sage, earthy notes, spice, and a long finish fuelled by mouth-watering acidity. Beautiful, complex and cellar-worthy Pinot Noir.
- Rick VanSickle, Winesinniagara.com
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