2018 Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir
Our Santa
Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir is a blend of Pinot grapes selected from some of our
favorite SLH vineyards. The Santa Lucia Highlands have long been a focus for us
at Bernardus as we recognized early on the phenomenal potential of this great
region.
At Bernardus,
all our Pinot Noir grapes are hand-picked, sorted and fermented in small,
individual batches. They are then aged in the finest French oak barrels and
tanks until final blending, just before bottling.
We bottle our
Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir earlier than our other Pinot bottlings in
order to put the focus on its fresh fruit expression. This is an outstanding
example of the characteristics that have made the Highlands one of the world’s
most prized Pinot growing regions.
Tasting
Notes: The aromas exhibit bright essences of red cherry and cranberry. On the
palate we find pure, intense red fruit flavors and subtle spice notes, supported
by a crisp refreshing finish. For this wine, we prefer to limit the amount of new
oak barrels in order to feature the fruit expression of these special
vineyards.
Varietal: 100% Pinot Noir
Cooperage: Aged for 8 months in 100% French oak: 15%
new, along with older neutral barrels and 30-year-old French oak tanks.
Bottled: June 4th - 18th,
2019
Production:
7404 12/pack cases. (750 mls.)
393 6/packs (1.5 liters)
20 3.0- liter bottles
20 5.0-liter bottles