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2018 Banshee Sonoma County Pinot Noir

SKU #1458203 Decanter

Outer quote mark Plenty of ripe red fruit on the nose gives way to dried herbs and spices. On the palate, there's tangy acidity and tart cherry flavours leading to a clean finish. ('Decanter’s selection of top K&L Wines to try') Inner quote mark (1/2021)

Vinous

Outer quote mark The 2018 Pinot Noir (Sonoma County) is a gorgeous wine and a terrific value as well. Sweet dried cherry, mint, licorice, dried flowers and spice all open in the glass. This silky, mid-weight Pinot has so much to offer. Pinot Noir is the hardest wine to make in this price range. Few do it better than Banshee. (AG) Inner quote mark (1/2021)

Wine Enthusiast

Outer quote mark High toned in cranberry, rhubarb and strawberry flavors, this herbal, earthy wine shows a tartness of acidity and moderate length. The oak is integrated and unobtrusive, offering wide appeal and breadth. (VB) Inner quote mark (6/2020)

Wine Spectator

Outer quote mark Ripe, featuring well-knit dark plum, red currant and raspberry flavors. The savory finish is filled with cedary nuances. (KM) Inner quote mark (10/2020)

K&L Notes

With every new release of Banshee we become more and more impressed with just how dedicated to quality these three young men and their team are. A few years back, the Banshee family of wines moved their production into a new winemaking facility and received majority backing from Foley Family Wines, adding even more well-known, "name brand" vineyards into their mix and fleshing out their already robust amount of releases with a few new gems. But the thing that started it all for them, the Sonoma County Pinot Noir, is back and as dependable as ever.

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2018 Banshee Sonoma County Pinot Noir

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Varietal:

Pinot Noir

- One of France's most legendary grapes and the grape that earned Burgundy its reputation. The parent of varietals like Pinot Gris/Grigio and Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir is blue to violet to indigo in color with relatively thin skins, and it is said to have been cultivated in France for more than 2,000 years. At its best, Pinot Noir creates elegant wines that are filled with primary red fruit aromas and flavors while young, revealing with an array of secondary characteristics like earth, smoke, violet, truffle and game with age. The varietal is also known, perhaps better than any, for its ability to translate terroir, or a sense of place. While the best Pinot Noir still comes from Burgundy, it is being produced with increasing success in cooler climates around the world. In France, it is part of the trifecta of grapes that can go into Champagne, and it is also grown in Alsace, Irancy, Jura, Savoie, Lorraine and Sancerre. Outside of France it is produced under the names Pinot Nero and Blauburgunder in Italy's mountainous regions, as Spätburgunder in Germany and as Blauburgunder in Austria. In the US, Pinot Noir has found suitable growing conditions in the cooler parts of California, including Carneros, the Russian River Valley, the Anderson Valley, the Sonoma Coast, Monterey County, the Santa Lucia Highlands and Santa Barbara County, as well as in Oregon's Willamette Valley. In recent years, New Zealand has demonstrated its ability to interpret this hard-to-grow varietal, with successful bottlings coming from careful and attentive growers in Central Otago, Martinborough and Canterbury. Chile is also an up-and-coming region for Pinot Noir, creating fresh, fruit-forward, early-drinking and affordable Pinots from the coastal Casablanca Valley and the Limari Valley.

Country:

United States

- When people consider domestic wine, they normally think about the state of California. The fine viticultural Region within California, including the Napa Valley, Sonoma, Santa Cruz Mountains, Mendocino and Santa Barbara, are capable of growing grapes of world-class quality. But there's plenty of fabulous wine coming from other states, too. Oregon, Washington and New York are also causing eyebrows (and glassware) to be raised around the world.

Sub-Region:

California

- With the explosive growth that California's wine industry has seen the past several years, it's easy to view winemaking and grape growing in the Golden State as a recent phenomenon. And while it's true that California's viticultural history is brief compared to several European countries, this state's roots date back well over 200 years. Due to the enormous response to California wine within the United States and worldwide, there are thousands of excellent and diverse wines being produced within the state each year.

Specific Appellation:

Sonoma County

- Second in fame only to Napa, this "other" valley offers just about every climate and topography imaginable. From its cool and fog-enshrouded coastal regions on the far west, to the sprawling Alexander Valley on the boarder of Napa and the many little dips and peaks in between, Sonoma has been a vital wine-grape-growing region since the mid 1800s. Important sub-AVAs include Chalk Hill (known for chardonnay and sauvignon blanc), Dry Creek Valley (where zin is king) Knights Valley (largely cabernet land), Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast (both celebrated pinot and chardonnay zones).

Alcohol Content (%):

13.6