*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery.
Back to one of my favorite areas to get Pinot Noir from, the Russian River Valley. The Russian River Valley is where I fell for Pinot Noir, hard. Now, I love it in many of its incarnations, however, time and again I come back to the Russian River to seek out the Pinot Noirs. Tonight we tried the 2009 Rodney Strong Russian River Valley Pinot Noir which clocked in at 14.5% alcohol by volume, had a real cork closure, and retails for about $20. Sorry for the lack of pictures lately, I lost a lot of photos when I killed my computer by dumping wine on it…
1.) Think Thanksgiving. This is a crowd-pleaser of a wine.
2.) Rodney Strong consistently impresses with the value for the price point.
3.) I loved the nose on the Pinot Noir.
4.) I would think this wine would retail for quite a bit more than it does.
On the nose I got smoke, campfire, caramel, earth, herbs, strawberry, and raspberry. In the mouth I found tart fruit, raspberry, cherry, strawberry, flowers, earth, and a bit of the smoke from the nose. The wine had great structure and acidity and displayed the red fruit and earthiness I’ve come to love from the Russian River Valley.
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