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2008 Roar Wines Pisoni Vineyard Pinot Noir
- Santa Lucia Highlands, USA
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- Most Recent Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 71 / 750ml
- From December 2022
- Red - Light and Perfumed
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Critic tasting note: "You don't look to Pinots from this vineyard for delicacy. You look for power, sheer butt-kicking audacity. And that's what you'll find in this '08 from Roar. It's almost Rhône-like in the dark color and full-bodied richness, with its chocolate and black cherry fruit. But that's Pisoni for you. Will age for the better part of a decade." - 92/100, Wine Enthusiast
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Winery
Roar Wines (often stylised as ROAR Wines or simply ROAR) is a wine producer based in the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA of California. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay represent the majority of output, with smaller amounts of Viognier, Gre...
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- Region or Appellation
- Drinking Window
- 2010-2020
- Alcohol ABV
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14.9%
About the Wine
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Eel donburi Starter Course
- Eel rice pot
- Contains: sake, soy sauce
- Japanese
- Lamb tagine Main Course
- Contains: ras el hanout
- Moroccan
- Pozole Main Course
- Pork, chicken and hominy stew
- Mexican
- Goat dhansak Main Course
- Goat curry cooked with lentils
- Contains: Indian curry
- Indian
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Vintage quality: Good
Current condition: Ready to drink, will keep
The 2008 vintage for California was relatively good.
After a wet winter, the season began with an unusually dry spring which, despite the previous winter's rains, threatened drought, particularly in the more arid AVAS. Both April and March then saw abnormally ...
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