Au Bon Climat ‘La Bauge Au-dessus’ Pinot Noir
A classic Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir, it is a wine of great aromatics and character showing black cherry/cranberry fruit, rose petal, earth and spice. Balance is the key to this wine. A balance of oak and fruit, a balance of tannin and acid, and a balance of elegance and intensity.
100% Pinot Noir grape blend.
This wine contains allergens, sulfites.
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The Estate
La Bauge Au-dessus translates as a “wild party up stairs”. Our original bottlings were from the hillsides of Bien Nacido Vineyard. The quality of Le Bon Climat vineyard Pinot Noir was apparent within the first three years, so some of the better lots from both vineyards are blended each year to create another year of the “wild party up stairs”.
Wine Making
The wine is pressed to complete dryness, goes to barrel with moderate lees, and is aged in 50% new François Frères French oak barrels. In the spring, the wine was carefully racked and then aged another 20 months (24 months total).
Food Suggestions
Pairs well with pork tenderloin and stuffed game hens to a mushroom pizza or juicy burger.
• Type: Wines
• Sub-type: Wines
• Class: Red
• ABV%: 13.5
