Toad Hollow Rose of 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

Mgm - Chaska
Chaska
952-361-9606

Firehouse Liquor - Dundas
Dundas
507-645-5717

Mgm - Eagan
Eagan
651-454-3346

Eden Prairie #3
Eden Prairie
952-934-0067

Eden Prairie #2
Eden Prairie
952-914-0032

Super One Liquor - Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids
218-326-1229

Mgm - Hopkins
Hopkins
952-935-0601

Cork And Key
Mankato
507-779-7000

Mgm - Mankato
Mankato
507-625-2420

Haskell's - Warehouse
Minnetonka
952-544-4456

Haskell's - Minnetonka
Minnetonka
952-544-4456

Northfield Liquors
Northfield
507-645-5153

Andy's Liquor Marketplace
Rochester
507-535-7500

Apollo Liquor Best
Rochester
507-286-1300

St Anthony Village # 2
Saint Anthony
612-782-3452

St Anthony Village # 1
Saint Anthony
612-782-3451

Lunds & Byerlys - St Louis Park
Saint Louis Park
952-929-2100

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

Solo Vino
Saint Paul
651-602-9515

First Grand Liquors
Saint Paul
651-227-7039

Mgm - Waconia
Waconia
952-442-3800

West Side Liquor - Waite Park
Waite Park
320-253-9511

Westside Liquor - Willmar
Willmar
320-222-2337