2007 Bouchaine Pinot Meunier, Estate Vineyard, Napa Valley-Carneros  Very limited new release!

WE HAVE SOLD OUT OF THE 2007 VINTAGE OF BOUCHAINE BACCHUS COLLECTION PINOT MEUNIER! PLEASE CHECK BACK WITH US IN MAY 2010 FOR THE RELEASE OF THE 2008 VINTAGE PINOT MEUNIER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND ENTHUSIASM!

This limited production wine is recommended in Forbes Magazine (May 2009 issue) and on Forbes.com (4/2/09) as one of only a handful of pure Pinot Meunier bottlings, as the grapes are usually blended into Champagne or sparkling wine. Additionally, this wine was just selected as one of four FIRST PLACE wines in a tasting of 32 Napa Valley wines available only through the winery (no restaurants or wine shops); the tasting was conducted by the St. Helena Star, one of two local Napa Valley papers. Only 130 cases available and this wine ALWAYS SELLS OUT.

Pinot Meunier is the ballerina of red wine grape varieties--dainty in structure yet simply beautiful and enticing. It has been used traditionally in the making of Champagne and sparkling wines and is rarely found as its own bottling of wine, sparkling or otherwise. A cousin of the Pinot Noir grape, Pinot Meunier’s high tone fruit flavors and floral aromatics highlight the loveliness that you would find in bright, elegantly balanced Pinot Noirs.

From recent plantings on our estate, Bouchaine's Pinot Meunier is a unique expression of this intriguing varietal. The vineyard site of rolling hills with gravelly soil is set in a cool microclimate that's perfect for growing this cool climate grape. When walking by a Pinot Meunier vineyard, you will notice that the leaves appear to be dusted with a thin layer of flour and upon closer examination, you can see and feel the soft, downy fibers that naturally grow on the Meunier leaf backs.

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