Alexander Valley Vineyards Pinot Noir 2020

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

Apple Valley #3 - 157th St W
Apple Valley
952-953-2555

Cheers - Bloomington
Bloomington
952-941-0998

Mgm - Chanhassen
Chanhassen
952-937-9300

Dennis Brothers Liquor
Cottage Grove
651-458-8932

Lunds & Byerlys - Golden Valley
Golden Valley
763-544-8846

Lincoln Square Liquor Barrel
Mahtomedi
651-770-0692

Haskell's - Maple Grove
Maple Grove
763-400-7888

Brightwines.com
North Saint Paul
651-748-0793

Lunds & Byerlys - Plymouth
Plymouth
763-268-1624

Cash Wise Liquor - St Michael
Saint Michael
763-497-0659

International Wines & Liquors
Saint Paul
651-690-5471

Rite Liquor Store
Saint Paul
651-414-0346

Scandia Olde Towne Liquor
Scandia

Jim's Liquor - Shorewood
Shorewood
507-304-2897

Mgm - Waconia
Waconia
952-442-3800

Jerry's Wine & Spirits
Woodbury
651-414-4870