Toad Hollow Pinot Noir 2021
As Pinot Noir really develops under long, cool growing conditions, California has a lot to offer –especially from parts of Sonoma, the Central Coast, Santa Barbara and San Benito. Such pockets of terroir yield Pinot Noirs of exemplary varietal character while conveying the given terroir. These transmute simply Pinot Noir by numbers. Although Burgundy has a couple millennia on us, we are apt pupils and California Pinot Noir at once combines the ripe complexity of the West Coast, while crafting great Pinot Noir of primary red fruits such as cherries, strawberries, raspberries –even bright plums. With time these can spread out from this profile to show more of the land from whence they came –whether supple from fog blanketed Carneros or mineral from the precious lime stone of Mt Harlan. To taste California Pinot Noir is to travel to the very AVAs they come from.
Food Pairings
Roasted birds are a preternatural match but Pinot Noir goes with any number of dishes ranging from those incorporating wild game and foraged mushrooms to veal stews or grilled fleshy fish. For a classic cheese pairing hunt down some Epoisse...
Where to find this wine
Accounts that have purchased this wine in the previous twelve months are listed below, alphabetically by city. Please call ahead to confirm availability or vintage
Plaza Discount Liquor
Alexandria
320-762-1716
Downtown Liquor
Alexandria
612-763-5404
Oxendale's Wine & Spirits
Bloomington
952-756-8985
Mgm - Chaska
Chaska
952-361-9606
Cash Wise Liquor - Duluth
Duluth
218-722-4507
Premier Wine & Spirits
Eagan
651-452-7747
Eden Prairie #1
Eden Prairie
952-949-8423
Eden Prairie #3
Eden Prairie
952-934-0067
Eden Prairie #2
Eden Prairie
952-914-0032
Northbound Liquors - Elk River
Elk River
763-441-1671
Liquor Works - Forest Lake
Forest Lake
651-464-5100
Lunds & Byerlys - Golden Valley
Golden Valley
763-544-8846
Pine Mountain General Store
Grand Marais
612-599-0015
Cork And Key
Mankato
507-779-7000
East Lake Liquors
Minneapolis
612-724-5467
Stinson Wine, Beer & Spirits
Minneapolis
612-789-0678
Chicago Lake Liquor
Minneapolis
612-825-4401
Glen Lake Wine & Spirits
Minnetonka
952-935-7375
Mgm - Minnetonka
Minnetonka
952-470-2062
Mgm - North Mankato
North Mankato
507-387-2634
Northfield Liquors
Northfield
507-645-5153
Vinifera Wines & Ales
Plymouth
763-473-0008
Andy's Liquor
Rochester
507-289-0777
Andy's Liquor Northwest
Rochester
507-529-3825
Apollo Liquor Best
Rochester
507-286-1300
Hy-vee - Rochester
Rochester
507-285-0848
Midway Liquor Store
Saint Paul
651-644-7900
Park Liquor Store
Saint Paul
651-645-5555
First Grand Liquors
Saint Paul
651-227-7039
O'brien's Wine & Spirits
Stillwater
651-439-7595
Summit Liquor
White Bear Lake
651-414-9134