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La Rochelle

La Rochelle Classic Clones

Pinot Noir · Arroyo Seco, US

From public reviewers
5reviews
90median pts
$40median price
Here's a big, ripe, dry, complex, voluptuous Pinot that comes from a cool Monterey region better known for dry whites. It shows a nice tension between acidity, silky tannins, charred, sweet oak and bright, pure fruit flavors of cherries, cola and raspberries, with a slightly funky, leathery undertow. || Arroyo Seco is an iffy place to grow Pinot or any red wine. Cool and windswept, it needs a warmer vintage, which 2007 wasn't. Rochelle's new bottling is very dry and acidic. It lacks a bit of generosity, in the gree…

Sources: Wine Enthusiast

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