DAVID NOYES WINES - Crane Vineyard Pinot Noir 2009
Winemaking offers a conversation with the natural world;
wine speaks to seasons past, the earth, its bounty and its pleasures
- Vintage
- 2009
- Appellation
- Sonoma Coast
- Vineyard
- Crane Vineyard
- Varietal
- 100% Pinot Noir
- Alcohol
- 14.5%
- pH
- 3.70
- Aging
- 40% new French oak,
coopers include Mercurey,
Doreau, Roberts, Meyrieux,
and Dargau-Jaegle.
- Bottled
- July 20, 2010
Food pairings
include fresh
salmon, roast
duck, or
(surpringly),
Southern fried
chicken!
- Longevity
- 5 to 10 years
- Production
- 315Cases
- Winemaker’s Notes
- “Feminine, yet powerful, this fine pinot offers red fruit aromas of cherries, raspberry and
red currant, bound with those of licorice, black tea and caramel. Complex and inviting in
the nose, sweet in the mouth, silky in the finish–what more do you need?”
The Crane vineyard, (located at the base of Crane Canyon just south of Santa Rosa)
benefits from cool breezes that sweep from Bodega Bay down through the ‘Petaluma
Gap.’ Warm afternoons and cool evenings make for ripe flavors, abundant fruit aromas
and bright acidity. Shallow alluvial soils and the Cranes’ commitment to dry farming, (no
or minimal irrigation), guarantee concentrated flavors.
I produced the 2009 wine from the Dijon clones 115, 667 and 777, and about 40% of the
Italian ‘Pinot Nero’, clone 18. The Dijon clones give fruit and soft tannins the pinot nero,
a wild berry and dark color.