Winery Etude - Forté Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir

Winery EtudeForté Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir

4.2
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Forté Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir of Winery Etude is a red wine from the region of Sta. Rita Hills of California.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.

Taste structure of the Forté Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir from the Winery Etude

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Forté Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir of Winery Etude in the region of California is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Forté Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir of Winery Etude in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Etude's Forté Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Last vintages of this wine

Forté Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir - 2017
In the top 100 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Forté Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir - 2016
In the top 100 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Forté Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir - 2015
In the top 100 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Forté Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir - 2014
In the top 100 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Forté Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir from Winery Etude are 2015, 2016, 2017, 2014

Informations about the Winery Etude

The winery offers 41 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
This winery is part of the Treasury Wine Estates.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sta. Rita Hills in the region of California

The Winery Etude is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 38 wines for sale in the of Sta. Rita Hills to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 8500 of of United States wines
In the top 3500 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
In the top 30000 of red wines
In the top 45000 wines of the world

The wine region of Sta. Rita Hills

The wine region of Sta. Rita Hills is located in the region of Santa Barbara County of California of United States. We currently count 268 estates and châteaux in the of Sta. Rita Hills, producing 792 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.


The wine region of California

California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.

News related to this wine

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Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bo ...

An overview of Mâcon plus a geographical denomination appellation

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The word of the wine: Cup (size in)

Specific to the Mediterranean vineyard, this short pruning which opens the stock in the shape of a corolla offers a good resistance to violent winds but does not allow any mechanization of the vine work.

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