Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir, "La Bauge Au-dessus"
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Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir, "La Bauge Au-dessus" - 2023

750 mL
Item # 84202

This vintage is the most complex La Bauge bottlings ever. The fruit comes from original plantings that Jim Clendenen planted in the early 1990s. Wonderful aromas of earth, meat, spice, vanilla and mixed wild berries.
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Color
Red
Vintage
2023
Country
USA
Region
California
Sub-Region
Santa Barbara
Producer
Au Bon Climat
Grape Variety
Pinot Noir
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Staff Pick Notes

When I'm asked to recommend an affordable California Pinot Noir. Jim Clendenen's Au Bon Climant comes to mind. It's perfect to open tonight or to put away and enjoy in the future. Bright red fruit flavors of cherry, raspberry and pomegrante play with blue fruit flavors of berries, spices and roses balanced with refreshing acidity that will keep you reaching for more .Pair with Roast Pork in Mushroom sauce

- CL

About the Producer

Santa Barbara County, California, USA Jim Clendenen graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with High Honors in Pre-Law in 1976. He discovered the world of wine suring his junior year abroad in 1974, while turning 21 in France.. After graduation, a one month stay in both Burgundy and Champagne convinced him to attempt a career in wine rather than continue on to law...

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More About This Wine

Pinot Noir

The Burgundy region of northeastern France is the historic home of the Pinot Noir grape, and is the source of the world’s greatest examples. Here one finds renditions of Pinot Noir that deliver power with finesse and grace, wines that have unimaginable depth of flavor, yet are perfectly balanced and ephemeral in the mouth - in short, wines that deliver all that Pinot Noir has to offer. Terroir, the concept that wines from a specific region have unique and identifiable traits, is intricately...

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California

California makes more wine than any other state in the United States. Not only does the state grow a variety of noble grape varieties like Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, there are also plantings of lesser-known varieties such as Nebbiolo, Roussanne and Mourvèdre to name just a few.

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