Escarpment Over the Edge Pinot Noir

winemaker's notes:

Tasting Notes: A full bodied style with great backbone and a long lingering finish. An immediately accessible wine, which will improve over the next 2 years.

This Martinborough Pinot Noir is made from grapes grown on the alluvial gravel terraces for which the district has become famous. The season was exceptionally warm allowing high quality, fully ripe fruit to be harvested early with brilliant ripe cherry flavors.

critical acclaim:

"BEST BUY. From Larry McKenna's vineyard, Over the Edge is his more affordable line of wines. This needs a day of air to get past its funky vegetal tones and emphasize the brighter raspberry flavors of the fruit. It's layered and intense, a spicy, earthy pinot noir to cellar for several years. Once matured, it will match brisket. "