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2019 Au Bon Climat, Knox Alexander, Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley, California, USA

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
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Product: 20191135668
2019 Au Bon Climat, Knox Alexander, Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley, California, USA

Description

Knox Alexander Pinot Noir is an estate selection of the very best parcels from the 58 acres of Pinot Noir planted by Jim Clendenen since 1994. It is intended to showcase the very essence of Au Bon Climat, and the 2019 is a triumph. 

The 2019 Knox has a lovely, floral, scented nose of red cherries and strawberries with a twist of spice. Unbelievably lighter and more elegant than in the past, the wine has a delicate, savoury, umami backbone, which brings the focus to the palate. There is a European feel to the tannins of this wine, which are ripe but not sweet, bringing refreshment and making you want another glass. 

A fine, iron-rich, mineral-slate character combines seamlessly with a gorgeous sweetness on the long strawberry and cured ham-infused finish. Knox is absolutely brilliant in 2019; it is the most refined and subtle Knox we have ever tasted. 

Drink now to 2042

Catriona Felstead MW, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Alcohol % 13.5
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Full Bodied
Property Au Bon Climat

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

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