Winery Windy Oaks - Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard)

Winery Windy OaksProprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard)

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 Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard) of Winery Windy Oaks is a red wine from the region of Santa Cruz Mountains 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 Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard) from the Winery Windy Oaks

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard) of Winery Windy Oaks in the region of California is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, vanilla

Wine with earth taste

earthy, smoke

Wine with spices taste

pepper

Wine with floral taste

lavender

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

Wine with vegetal taste

rhubarb

On the nose the Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard) of Winery Windy Oaks in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, vanilla or non oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Windy Oaks's Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard).

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.8°
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

Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard) - 2016
In the top 100 of of Santa Cruz Mountains wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard) - 2015
In the top 100 of of Santa Cruz Mountains wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard) - 2014
In the top 100 of of Santa Cruz Mountains wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard) - 2013
In the top 100 of of Santa Cruz Mountains wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard) - 2012
In the top 100 of of Santa Cruz Mountains wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard) - 2011
In the top 100 of of Santa Cruz Mountains wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard) - 2010
In the top 100 of of Santa Cruz Mountains wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Noir (Schultze Family Vineyard) from Winery Windy Oaks are 2008, 2015, 2016, 2014 and 2011.

Informations about the Winery Windy Oaks

The winery offers 30 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Santa Cruz Mountains in the region of California

The Winery Windy Oaks is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Santa Cruz Mountains to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 3000 of of United States wines
In the top 250 of of Santa Cruz Mountains wines
In the top 8000 of red wines
In the top 15000 wines of the world

The wine region of Santa Cruz Mountains

The wine region of Santa Cruz Mountains is located in the region of San Francisco Bay of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ridge Vineyards or the Kathryn Kennedy Winery produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Cruz Mountains are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Pinot noir and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Cruz Mountains often reveals types of flavors of cream, pencil shavings or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of charcoal, black truffle or blackberry jam.


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.

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