2023 Littorai Pinot Noir Les Larmes Anderson Valley

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0.75 l · 13.5%
86.95

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The drying, grippy feel on your gums and tongue, as with strong tea. It comes from the skins and seeds of black grapes and from oak, and softens with age.

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The Pinot Noir grapes for the Littorai Pinot Noir Les Larmes Anderson Valley are hand-picked at night with very strict selection. In the vinification cellar, they are destemmed and crushed, leaving a small portion of the bunches intact. This entire collection of grapes and bunches undergoes temperature-controlled alcoholic fermentation (28°C) with wild (varietal) yeasts in stainless steel tanks for over two weeks. This is followed by pressing, after which the young wine is transferred to French oak barriques for malolactic fermentation and aging. After approximately 14 months, the wine is assembled and bottled without fining or filtration. This entire process complies with organic rules and regulations but is not certified. Anderson Valley in Mendocino County is only fifteen miles long, but allow yourself ample time to explore this incredibly complex and geologically diverse region. It is worth the trip for the scenic beauty of the valley and the picturesque towns of Boonville and Philo, but there are also about 20 local wineries to visit. As a wine destination, the Anderson Valley is relatively young. The climate was long considered too cool for Vitis vinifera. Read more under the link: Appellation

The Pinot Noir Les Larmes is made from various vineyards in Littorai, rather than from a single specific vineyard. In the glass, the wine has a bright garnet red color. On the nose, aromas of cherries, wild strawberries, blueberries, rhubarb, and violets. On the palate, notes of small red-black fruit, cinnamon, and a hint of clove, accompanied by a finish with subtle tannins and refined acidity.

FUN FACT: The wine is stored in our climate-controlled Wine Warehouse, and if you come to pick up the wine, you will also receive a nice discount. We are located almost next to the main road with ample parking. Click here for the address.

Character

Drinking window
2025 – 2035 Vintage 2023 · ready from 2025 · until 2035
Oak aging
Yes

The wine

Type of Wine
Grapes
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Vintage
2023
Tasting Profiles
DroogMiddelvolRondAardsBloemigRood fruitHoutgerijpt

Origin

Country
Region
Appellation
Winery

Bottle

Content
0.75 l
Alcohol
13.5%
Closure
Cork

Wine features

Moments
Indruk maken & cadeauRomantisch diner

James Suckling

94

Wine Spectator

93

After his adventures in Burgundy, owner Ted Lemon decided to go back to the United States and, in his own words, "wander around" looking for a suitable location for chardonnay and pinot noir. In 1993 he decided to go for it. Without the resources to immediately purchase a vineyard, this 'American dream' took a different turn. Not vineyards, but grapes - he bought them from several wineries in Anderson Valley and Sonoma Coast and made the wines at Robert Pecota in Calistoga in the north Napa Valley. Now, more than twenty years later, Ted and Heidi own about 7 hectares of vineyards and have long-term contracts with farmers for an additional 11 hectares of vines. Ted has been working on biodynamics since the early 2000s. The Littorai vineyards are not certified, but they work according to this philosophy. Littorai's wines are among the best in California. Ted Lemon makes pinot noir and chardonnay from single vineyards. Elegance, juiciness and concentration are key words in his cuvées. Wines with exceptional aging potential.

Fris en levendig met helder rood en zwart fruit van kers, bosaardbei en rabarber, aangevuld met kruidige toetsen van kaneel en kruidnagel, een mineralige ondertoon en verfijne tannines die de structuur dragen. Daardoor sluit deze Pinot Noir prachtig aan bij gevogelte, varkensvlees, charcuterie, kazen en tomaatrijke pasta of pizza: het fruit en de zuurgraad snijden door vet en zout heen terwijl de subtiele kruiden en mineraliteit harmonie bieden; vooral geroosterd of langzaam gegaard gevogelte, licht gekruide karbonades of porchetta en aardse kazen zoals een jonge Comté of zachte geitenkaas werken extra goed.

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