April 29, 2012 at 3:00 PM (duration 24:00)
2004 Nord Estate Pinot NoirGreen Island Vineyards, Napa Valley Online Shopping Event
Why We're Drinking ItDeliciously different: this is what happens when a Cabernet-maker turns its attention to the finicky-fruit, Pinot Noir. Incredible: our Sourcing Team deemed it “the most food-friendly Napa Pinot seen yet”. A wine that makes its lucky drinker crave the finest foods, it's a ‘must drink’ from one of Napa's most famed vine-growers, sourced at a(surreal) sub $18 preferred value.The magic starts on the vine, for the vine-growing team that tends more than 1,000 of Napa’s acres, and grows some of the most highly sought-after fruit in the country. For the '04 Pinot, the fruit comes from the Estate’s Green Island Vineyards, the southern-most Napa Valley vineyard and a part of the first class (ever) of “Green Certified” Napa Valley vineyards. Southeast of Carneros, the fruit grows on gently sloping land, under the cool, south-valley fog, and in loam soil, layered with deeper sand and gravel. Compost and organic matter releases nutrients into the soil, teaming with the more
