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Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara County, 2006
Pinot Noir is a demanding grape - each
vintage deeply affected by changes in climate and
soil composition. Fortunately for us, Santa Barbara
County is both well suited to this noble grape and
remarkably temperate, allowing us to produce award-winning
wine year after year.
The Rusack 2006 SBC Pinot Noir is a favorite among
restaurateurs. This wine is packed with bright spicy
flavors of strawberries, coffee, and caramel. This
makes for a very approachable food friendly wine and
a local favorite.
The grapes for the
2006 Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir hail from two
appellations within the County. Both the Santa Maria
Valley and the Sta. Rita Hills are influenced by the
cooling fog of the nearby Pacific and perfectly suited
for growing Pinot Noir. Upon delivery to the winery
early in the morning, the grapes were de-stemmed and
then placed into small 1-ton bins, where they were
punched down by hand 2-3 times each day. The resulting
wine was then placed into French oak barrels, of which
33% were new, and aged for 10 months. The 2006 Santa
Barbara County Pinot Noir was bottled unfiltered on
August 10, 2007, given a few months of bottle aging
to allow the wine to integrate and released in October.
767 cases were produced.
The 2006 vintage is now sold out.
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Optimal Storage Conditions:
Constant temperature, 55-58°F, darkness. |
