Winery Bien Nacido VineyardsThe Captain Reserve Pinot Noir
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
The The Captain Reserve Pinot Noir of the Winery Bien Nacido Vineyards is in the top 20 of wines of Santa Maria Valley.
Taste structure of the The Captain Reserve Pinot Noir from the Winery Bien Nacido Vineyards
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the The Captain Reserve Pinot Noir of Winery Bien Nacido Vineyards in the region of California is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the The Captain Reserve Pinot Noir of Winery Bien Nacido Vineyards in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with The Captain Reserve Pinot Noir
Pairings that work perfectly with The Captain Reserve Pinot Noir
Original food and wine pairings with The Captain Reserve Pinot Noir
The The Captain Reserve Pinot Noir of Winery Bien Nacido Vineyards matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roasted fillet of beef with parsley, veal liver in vinegar or duck and peach brochettes.
Details and technical informations about Winery Bien Nacido Vineyards's The Captain Reserve Pinot Noir.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of The Captain Reserve Pinot Noir from Winery Bien Nacido Vineyards are 2014, 2013, 2015, 0 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Bien Nacido Vineyards
The Winery Bien Nacido Vineyards is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in the of Santa Maria Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Santa Maria Valley
First AVA of Santa Barbara (1981) on an east-west valley swept by Pacific winds: signature Pinot Noir dominant as king red with herbaceous, savoury notes and lifted red fruits, fine acidity and silky tannins. Energetic Chardonnay with tropical and floral aromas, king whites (a third of production). Also Rhône Syrah and Viognier, confidential Grenache and Marsanne. Very cool climate over a long season, a Burgundian and northern-Rhône identity.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
