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Brack Mountain Barrique
Year
2010
2010
Varietal
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
Style
Juicy
Juicy
Origin
United States
United States
Pairing
Poultry
Poultry
$21.00 per bottle
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Origin
Covering 750 square miles, California’s Sonoma Coast
appellation is the United States’ largest and most
diverse American Viticultural Area (AVA). The region
runs north from the Sonoma-Marin County line along
the Pacific coast to Mendocino County’s southern
border. Stretching inland as far as 40 miles in places,
the Sonoma Coast overlaps with other cool-climate
AVAs, such as the Russian River Valley, Green Valley,
Chalk Hill and Carneros. While many grape varieties
thrive in these cool climes, the region is best known for
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Pairings
Pinot Noir is an extremely versatile
food wine, and the Brack Mountain is
a case in point. It welcomes a broad
array of spices; however, it is best
to stay away from foods that are too
powerful or aggressively seasoned. If
in doubt, let the wine shine alongside
more refined and subtle preparations.
Elegant by nature, it won’t overwhelm
many seafood and vegetarian dishes,
but it also stands up to lighter red
meats and thoroughly delights in the
company of poultry — especially
hearty, flavorful birds like quail and
squab. Winemaker
Brack Mountain founder Jason Enos
studied oenology in college, though
the first part of his professional career
led him into the restaurant and then
technology worlds. Co-founder Chris
Fitzgerald is an expert in business and
has lived his entire life in Sonoma,
minus a 13-year stint in Europe while
working for the Wall Street Journal.
Brack Mountain is a quality-focused, environmentally
minded company, whose
unique business model allows them to
offer wines in bottles or in kegs (for bulk
sales to restaurants), depending on the
needs of the customers. Wines are aged
year-round in an underground cave,
whose scant energy needs are supplied
by a solar array. The Wine
This wine blends grapes from two
vineyards in the cool Carneros region
of Sonoma, where vines are planted on
gentle slopes edging toward San Pablo
Bay. That mass of cool water provides
daily chilling winds that cool the vines
as they bask in bright, concentrated
California sunshine. On top of that,
2010 was one of the coolest vintages in
recent memory, and this wine shows it
with notes of fresh, bright cherry and
high-toned orange rind over a fine but
energetic acidity that gives the wine its
structure and charge. Recently Viewed :
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