Vivier Pinot Noir 2020 750ml
Wine Profiles: 5 – Medium-Bodied Reds
Wine Types: Red Wine
Regions: California
Varietals: Pinot Noir
Availability: 12 in stock
$34.99
The 2020 Vivier Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir emerges as the sole red wine produced by winemaker Stéphane Vivier during a notoriously challenging California vintage. Showing a vibrant, translucent ruby-rose hue in the glass, this cuvée delivers a beautifully complex and distinctively rustic aromatic profile. The bouquet opens with a sophisticated interplay of cranberry, wild red berries, and pomegranate, seamlessly interlaced with woodsmoke, forest floor, damp earth, and a striking graphite minerality. Subtle top notes of citrus rind and dried violet petals add lift and elegance.
On the palate, this light-to-medium-bodied Pinot Noir is brilliantly refreshing and light on its feet. It possesses a softly chalky texture and tightly-knit, moderate tannins that lend structured poise without adding unnecessary weight. A vibrant core of earthy red fruit and savory Asian spices flows effortlessly into a crisp, energizing finish characterized by a lingering dash of white pepper and refreshing acidity. Built on low-intervention restraint and showcasing a modest 12.8% ABV, this is an incredibly food-friendly, Old World-leaning Pinot Noir that is drinking beautifully now and will continue to evolve gracefully over the next 3 to 5 years.
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With Vivier wines, Stéphane and Dana are able to blend their respect for tradition with their enthusiasm for emerging winegrowing regions, and their love of Pinot Noir. It’s family owned and operated, which means the kids are in the vineyard almost as much as their parents, wine deliveries are family road trips, and case production is extremely limited. There are no angel investors or rich relatives, in fact the whole enterprise was bankrolled on a single credit card. But they are doing what they love, making wine that you’ll love. La vie est belle.
