Cedar Creek "Platinum Reserve" Pinot Noir

Our very best wines are bottled as Platinum. It's our reminder that the choices we make have to add up to one better than gold. Made from clones 114, 115, 667, and 777, the Platinum Pinot Noir was cane-pruned and cropped to one cluster per shoot. Hand-harvested at CedarCreek and Greata Ranch, we aged the 2006 vintage 15 months in 100% French oak from Coopers, François Frères, Remond, Sylvain and Darguad & Jaegle. Without these details our Pinot Noir wouldn't be Platinum. And the results show in every bottle. On that, you have our word.

Winemaker's Notes

Fermented in small stainless steel tanks and turned twice daily using 'kathunking' (turning the cap). Barrel aged in a combination of new and one year old French oak with minimum intervention prior to racking. It is also unfiltered to preserve its rich berry flavours.

Tasting Notes

Medium ruby red in colour with aromas of cherry, coffee, mocha and spice. A medium bodied wine with silky tannins and balanced acidity.

Culinary Notes

Recommended with wild salmon, roasted turkey, baked ham, gourmet pizza and juicy hamburgers.

92/100 Points

“No wine at CedarCreek shows more attention to detail than this elegant wine. It is made with four clones of Pinot Noir from two different vineyards where production per vine is managed with great discipline. The wine – 1,372 cases of it – spent 15 months in French oak. Tom uses barrels from five different coopers to achieve added complexity. The end result is a lovely wine with notes of cherry and raspberry and with the classic silky texture.”