Découverte Vineyard Pinot Noir 2019
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America / Oregon
Meaning "Discovery" in French and produced from the second Estate Vineyard owned by Résonance, the Découverte Vineyard Pinot Noir displays the best of the Dundee Hills AVA. Elegant yet structured, the wine is complex on the nose and palate with classic Pinot Noir aromas and flavors and a long finish.
93 Points
Wine Spectator Insider
2019 vintage
93 Points
Wine Spectator
2019 vintage
Harvest Note
The beginning of 2019 was wet but warm. May and June were warmer than average, giving great weather conditions for the bloom in early June. Then the summer showed moderately cool conditions, with higher humidity. After a warm and dry August, and veraison in the middle of the month, a rapid cool down with significant precipitations in September slowed down the maturation. Juggling between rainfalls, we harvested our Pinot noir grapes from September 19th to October 2nd. Requiring a meticulous sorting, followed by a precise destemming, the grapes had a good and dynamic fermentation, revealing an elegant structure with delicate aromas.
Tasting Note
The wine reflects a beautiful and brilliant garnet color, with an expressive and complex nose of strawberry, plum, wild cherry, almond and licorice. The wine reveals an elegant palate, vibrant and complex, with delicate notes of noble wood, and very long and mineral finale.
Technical Data
GRAPES: 100% Pinot Noir
APPELLATION: Dundee Hills AVA
PH: 3.6
ACIDITY: 5.1g/l
ABV: 13.5%
AGING: 17 months in French oak barrels, 30% new
Unique Selling Points
- Second Estate Vineyard purchased in Oregon by Résonance
- Organically dry-farmed in the Jory soils of Dundee Hills AVA
- Available in limited quantities
With more than a decade working hand-in-hand with famed Louis Jadot winemaker Jacques Lardière, Guillame Large embraced the opportunity to move from Burgundy to Oregon to become winemaker for Résonance.
“We use the winery to reveal the terroir of each vineyard.”
“We use the winery to reveal the terroir of each vineyard.”
Guillaume Large, Winemaker
About the Grape
Pinot Noir
In France, makes a silky, deceptively powerful wine of elegant, complex aromas and subtle, red fruit flavors, with earthy, floral, mushroom and mineral notes. In California, shows ripe, sweet characters.
