Winery Tantara - Tondre Grapefield Pinot Noir

Winery TantaraTondre Grapefield Pinot Noir

4.1
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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 Tondre Grapefield Pinot Noir of Winery Tantara is a red wine from the region of Santa Lucia Highlands 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 Tondre Grapefield Pinot Noir from the Winery Tantara

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Tondre Grapefield Pinot Noir of Winery Tantara in the region of California is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Details and technical informations about Winery Tantara's Tondre Grapefield Pinot Noir.

Winemaker
Bill Cates
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

Tondre Grapefield Pinot Noir - 2013
In the top 100 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Tondre Grapefield Pinot Noir - 2012
In the top 100 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Tondre Grapefield Pinot Noir from Winery Tantara are 2013, 2012

Informations about the Winery Tantara

The winery offers 57 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Santa Lucia Highlands in the region of California

The Winery Tantara is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 56 wines for sale in the of Santa Lucia Highlands to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 30000 of of United States wines
In the top 4500 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Santa Lucia Highlands

The wine region of Santa Lucia Highlands is located in the region of Monterey County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Kosta Browne or the Domaine Peter Michael produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Lucia Highlands are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Lucia Highlands often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, rhubarb or graphite and sometimes also flavors of boysenberries, cedar or chalk.


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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The word of the wine: Cryo-extraction

This technique was very popular at the end of the 80's in Sauternes, a little less so now. The grapes are frozen before pressing, and the water transformed into ice remains in the marc, only the sugar flows out. As with the concentrators, the "cryo" can also increase bad taste and greenness.

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