2006 Manchester Ridge Mendocino Pinot Noir
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I have long admired the wines of the cooler parts of Mendocino County, like the Anderson Valley, for their “lightness” (by that I don’t mean light bodied) and perfume. They seem to dance across the tongue, especially the Pinot Noirs, without sacrificing richness or body, which seems to me to be the definition of great Pinot Noir. The wines from Manchester are somewhat more sinewy than their counterparts from down below. Incidentally, Manchester Ridge is too far out towards the coast and too high in elevation to be called Anderson Valley, which is why I use the appellation Mendocino. The 2006 has a lovely perfume, is medium bodied and, like my other 2006 Pinots, has a lot of flavor packed onto a lithe frame. When the grapes came across the sorting table at the winery, they were the most perfect looking clusters I had seen in a long time. Even my fellow winemakers noticed and asked me where they could get some. Now, pretty grapes don’t automatically translate into beautiful wine, but in this case there is an unblemished purity to the flavors in this wine that I find pretty irresistible. 300 cases.
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