2004 Ferrington Vineyard Pinot Noir

Winemaker's Notes

Very ripe Maraschino cherries, wild raspberries, chocolate and spice best describe the aromas of this vintage.  A very fruit-driven wine that exhibits great weight in the mouth, it finishes long and rich.  A fresh-baked cherry pie aftertaste is accentuated by the balanced acids in this wine.  The extracted tannin will soften with several years of patient cellaring.

Winemaker Bob Cabral

Awards and Reviews

2003 Ferrington Vineyard Pinot Noir
The 2003 Pinot Noirs of this accomplished winery share a terrific sense of concentrated fruit and the subtle specifics that district can bring regardless of provenance, and, even when fairly ripe as this bottling is, that fruit is unstinting and a careful winemaking hand shows in terms of structure and balance. Smelling strongly of violets, ripe cherries and wisps of sweet cedar, this one is kept surprisingly bright by a fine spine of acidity, and its riper aspects are not allowed to run wild. As with most of siblings, it is both immediately inviting and capable of a few years of improvement.
Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine, February 2006 - 92 Points

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