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A bold, racy wine, the 2014 Pinot Noir Ferrington Vineyard hits the palate with striking depth and purity of fruit. Sweet red cherry, plum, spice and new leather all flesh out in the glass. This is an especially succulent, juicy Pinot Noir that will drink well with minimal cellaring, although readers who prefer more tertiary nuance will want to cellar it for a few years. Today, the fruit is front and center.

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.