| 2006 Siduri Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands 750ML
Santa Lucia Highlands, California |
Product Notes:
Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands exhibits sweet black currant and cherry fruit, a seductive personality, decent acidity, and ripe tannin. It should be consumed during its first 4-5 years of life.”
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 About Estate:
2006 Pisoni Vineyard Pinot Noir,
Santa Lucia Highlands
By focusing solely on Pinot Noir from the most prestigious vineyard sites in California and Oregon, and by vinifying each barrel separately by lot, clone, yeast and cooper, we champion individuality of place and intensity of flavor in each wine we produce.
Production & Technical Data
Cases: 433
Release Date: September 2007
Winemakers' Comments: The Pisoni Vineyard Pinot Noir has been one of our signature wines ever since we started working with the fruit back in 1997. Undoubtedly, some of our finest wines have come from this famed Santa Lucia Highlands location (the 1999 and 2000 come to mind). However, in the last few years, we have felt that we needed to reinvigorate our Pisoni Vineyard winemaking. In 2006 we took some concrete steps to accomplish this. Specifically, we picked our section of the Big Block in two different passes over a week apart. We also utilized whole clusters in some of the ferments in hopes of increasing the complexity of the wine, we bled off some of the juice in hopes of further concentrating the must, and we employed more native yeasts in the ferment than in previous vintages. Finally, we were extremely stringent in selecting the barrels that made the cut for the final wine with only 30% of the barrels making their way into this wine. Our goal with the Pisoni Vineyard has been to produce a wine with superb weight and depth (not too hard given the innate character of the Pisoni fruit) and yet also with increased complexity and layers of flavor. The 2006 goes a long way to accomplishing this. Though not restrained (constrained would actually be a better word for Pisoni) this wine is tight. The first taste reveals the fruit and richness that so often typifies Pisoni but as you continue to taste the wine you notice the influence of the whole clusters, the range of flavors from the native yeasts, and then a finish that combines ripe tannins and good natural acidity. Given the proclivity of the Pisoni Vineyard wines to improve with time we can only believe that this wine will amply reward those to want to age it for five or more years.
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Recipe:
Steak with Mushroom Merlot Sauce Recipe
This steak recipe goes very well with merlot wine - Use some for the sauce, and the rest for your glass!
INGREDIENTS:
2 10oz ribeye steaks
2 tsp pepper
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
3 Tbsp butter
6oz shiitake mushrooms
1 shallot
3/4 cup merlot
1 Tbsp thyme
First, salt and pepper steaks on both sides. Heat the vegetable oil to medium high, and then cook steaks for about 3 minutes per side.
Put the steaks on a plate but keep the oil in the pan. Put the butter in the pan, along with the wine, chopped up mushrooms and chopped up shallots and reduce for 5-10 minutes. Pour this sauce over the steaks and serve.
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