Mas Cavalls Pinot Noir - Marimar Estate

The Mas Cavalls Pinot Noir from Marimar Estate in California shows a dense, light red color in the glass. Tilting the glass slightly, a transition of the wine color towards garnet red can be seen at the edges of this barrel-aged wine. After the first swirl, this red wine reveals a high viscosity, which is evident in clear church windows at the edge of the glass. In the glass, this red wine from Marimar Estate offers aromas of rum pot, mulberries, blackberries, wild berry jam and plum muse, complemented by oriental spices, gingerbread spice and cocoa bean. The Marimar Estate Mas Cavalls Pinot Noir presents itself pleasantly dry to the wine lover. This red wine never shows itself coarse or meager, as one might expect from a wine icon wine segment. This dense and velvety red wine presents itself on the palate full of pressure and complexity. The finale of this mature red wine from the wine-growing region of California, more precisely from Sonoma, finally impresses with considerable reverberation. The finish is also accompanied by mineral facets of the soils dominated by sandstone and sand.

Vinification of the Mas Cavalls Pinot Noir from Marimar Estate

This powerful red wine from the USA is made from the Pinot Noir grape variety. In California, the vines that produce the grapes for this wine grow on soils of clay, sand and sandstone. At the time of optimal ripeness, the grapes for Mas Cavalls Pinot Noir are harvested exclusively by hand without the help of coarse and less selective grape harvesters. After the harvest, the grapes are taken to the press house by the fastest route. Here they are selected and carefully broken up. Then fermentation takes place in small wood at controlled temperatures. After the end of fermentation, Mas Cavalls Pinot Noir is aged for another 12 months in French oak barrels.

Food pairing for the Mas Cavalls Pinot Noir from Marimar Estate

Experience this red wine from the USA best tempered at 15 - 18°C as a companion to spaghetti with caper-tomato sauce, spinach gratin with almonds or duck breast with sugar snap peas.

Awards for the Mas Cavalls Pinot Noir from Marimar Estate

In addition to an icon wine reputation, this red wine from Marimar Estate can also boast awards. In detail, these are for the 2014 vintage

• Wine Advocate Robert M. Parker - 90 points

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