Birichino, St Georges Pinot Noir, Central Coast, California, USA 2017

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Tasted by: Tina Gellie
(at The Ace Hotel, Shoreditch, 12 Mar 2020)
Drinking Window: 2020 - 2023
Fruit for this wine is mainly sourced from the Besson Home Ranch vineyard that's just a few metres too low in altitude and on the wrong side of the road to qualify for the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA. It's blended with a rocky, field-grafted site higher up that provides structure and line to the aromatic, red cherry and rose fruit. While the name has useful connotations to Nuits-St-Georges, it is actually named after growers George Besson Jr and his late father George Sr, and is a beautifully hands-off style: whole-bunch fruit, wild-yeast fermented and aged in a mix of concrete and old barriques. Silky, autumnal, pure and rich with real elegance and vibrancy. Top value!
Birichino, St Georges Pinot Noir, Central Coast, California, USA 2017
Producer
Birichino
Brand
St Georges Pinot Noir
Vintage
2017
Wine Type
Still
Colour
Red
Country
USA
Region
California
Appellation
Central Coast
Sweetness
Dry
Closure
Screwcap
Alcohol
13.50%
Body
Medium