Farmstead Long Meadow Ranch Anderson Valley Pinot Noir 2018 Red Wine

Farmstead Long Meadow Ranch Anderson Valley Pinot Noir 2018

Anderson Valley, CA

What a wonderful Anderson Valley Pinot! Fruit-forward in style, with subtle honeysuckle nectar and chestnut notes mingling with the red and black fruit flavors. This Pinot goes down easy, and has a nice long finish. A great food wine - try it with pork or poultry. (See our Cornish Game Hen recipe - it pairs with it perfectly!) - Wine Factor

FROM THE WINERY

We grow the fruit for Long Meadow Ranch Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays among the rolling, mineral-rich slopes of Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley. Nestled against the banks of the Navarro River and dense groves of Coast Redwoods, our vineyards benefit from some of California’s best conditions for Burgundian grape varieties. But perhaps our favorite aspect of our vineyards is the diversity in soil types, and the opportunity it has presented to showcase many different faces of these wines we love.

Our Anderson Valley vineyards enjoy warm summers with a gentle marine influence. Narrow and low-lying, the valley funnels ocean fog and breezes in from the Pacific coast and rainfall here is plentiful, making it a cool, wet viticultural area. There is a large diurnal shift in temperatures in the deep end of the Anderson Valley, with up to 40-50°F differences from night to day. Our vineyards, surrounded by old-growth redwood trees, are mostly east-facing with an elevation variation of 50-120 feet and 2-35% slopes.

WINEMAKER’S COMMENTS:

"The 2018 Farmstead Pinot Noir is a multi-block blend from LMR’s Anderson Valley Estate vineyard. The wine is garnet red in appearance. It has aromas of earthy strawberry, black cherry, and cranberry with subtle oak spice. Pretty hints of violet and fresh thyme come out of the glass. The palate has a supple entry, red berry fruits in the mid and a long finish supported by the acid structure with lingering notes of cranberry and savory herbs."

GROWING SEASON:

The growing season was marked by a wet spring, the early summer was cool and mild allowing gradual ripening and acid development. Winemakers had to wait, watch and let berry chemistry and flavors come into balance before starting a relatively late harvest.

LONG MEADOW RANCH:

Owned by Ted, Laddie, and Christopher Hall, LMR employs an integrated, organic farming system, using simple, sustainable methods. Each part of the Ranch contributes to the health of the whole. Vineyards and wine making, olive orchards and olive oil making, cattle and horse breeding all work together in complementary fashion, as do the egg-laying poultry flock and the organic vegetable gardens. All crops are certified organic by California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) and are grown without the use of herbicides, pesticides, or chemical fertilizers.

ALCOHOL: 13.5%
MATURATION: 20% new French oak, 80% neutral French oak
FOOD AFFINITIES: Wood grilled heritage pork chop or smoked heritage St. Louis ribs with green apple coleslaw
CASE PRODUCTION: 7345 case