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James Family Cellars 2013 Russian River Valley Sonoma County Pinot Noir

James Family Cellars 2013 Russian River Valley Sonoma County Pinot Noir

Double Gold Medal
S.F. Chronicle & Harvest Fair Wine Competition
Double Gold Medal
S.F. Chronicle & Harvest Fair Wine Competition

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We have a doozy of a wine for you today, Operative! James Family Cellars is back with a new, multi-award-winning Pinot. This wine is the best that we’ve ever had from this popular winery. Today’s 2013 Russian River Valley Sonoma County Pinot Noir is one of the most delicious, juicy, fruit-driven Pinots we’ve ever tasted. We’re crazy about this wine!

This double Double Gold-winning Pinot Noir has a medium body that has excellent color consistency of a vermilion shade throughout. While possessing a classic Pinot Noir nose with earth notes of red clay, it also has interesting notes of lavender, marmalade, orange blossom, and wild strawberry. Interesting fruit notes of lychee and rhubarb come out on the palate, sarsaparilla, black cherry, and kalamata olives - very complex, while being tasty. Absolutely luscious tannin provides a mellow mouthfeel, while the acidity drives the fruit for an elegant finish. This Pinot Noir is dry, but it would compliment a sweet and savory dish such as Moroccan couscous with lamb and yellow raisins.

So, why haven’t we featured a James Family Cellars wine in the last five years? Scarcity, folks. The winery doesn’t produce very much wine and those that they do produce are quickly snapped up. We had to practically beg them for this best-yet vintage, and they relented. We don’t have a very large allocation, so please be sure to reserve yours - before your fellow Operatives buy it out!

Here’s what the wine press has to say:

Double Gold Medal - S.F. Chronicle Wine Competition

Double Gold Medal - Harvest Fair Wine Competition

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What the Winery Says 2013 Russian River Valley Sonoma County Pinot Noir

James Family Cellars
James Family Cellars
Winemaker
Jeff James
Varietal
Pinot Noir
Vintage
2013
Appellation
Russian River Valley
Abv
14.6%
Production Quantity
462 cases

About the Winery James Family Cellars

James Family Cellars Winemaker
James Family Cellars Winemaker
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