Cline 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
Coborn's - Albertville
Albertville
763-497-2831
Mgm - West Bloomington
Bloomington
952-888-9421
Cheers - Bloomington
Bloomington
952-941-0998
Lunds & Byerlys - Burnsville
Burnsville
952-892-5600
Perrier - Burnsville
Burnsville
952-953-6269
Victual
Crosby
218-545-1000
Cash Wise Liquor - Duluth
Duluth
218-722-4507
Big Discount Liquor - Eagan
Eagan
651-454-7282
Total Wine & More #1607 - Eagan
Eagan
651-452-0499
Liquor Works - Forest Lake
Forest Lake
651-464-5100
Lakeville # 1 - Heritage Dr
Lakeville
952-985-4910
G-will #7 - Lino Lakes
Lino Lakes
763-536-9600
Lunds & Byerlys - Maple Grove
Maple Grove
763-416-1611
Maple Lake Wine & Spirits
Maple Lake
South Lyndale Liquor
Minneapolis
612-827-5811
Stinson Wine, Beer & Spirits
Minneapolis
612-789-0678
Greenway Liquors
Minneapolis
612-871-3727
Hiway Liquors
Monticello
763-295-5222
Coborn's - New Prague
New Prague
952-758-4577
Northfield Liquors
Northfield
507-645-5153
Andy's Liquor
Rochester
507-289-0777
Top Ten Liquors - Roseville
Roseville
651-340-1846
Top Ten Liquors - Slp
Saint Louis Park
952-920-0750
Rite Liquor Store
Saint Paul
651-414-0346
International Wines & Liquors
Saint Paul
651-690-5471
Savage Wine & Spirits (hy-vee)
Savage
952-228-2102
Mgm - Spring Park
Spring Park
952-471-2454
West Side Liquor - Waite Park
Waite Park
320-253-9511
Whole Foods - Woodbury Off
Woodbury
651-252-3060
Jerry's Wine & Spirits
Woodbury
651-414-4870
Kowalski's Woodbury Market
Woodbury
651-578-8800
