2016 Cahiers Pinot Noir Magnum 1.5L
Deeply colored and richly bodied, this Pinot Noir is dark-fruited with a gorgeous finish of cola and cacao notes.
Cahiers (KY-YAY) is French for Notebooks or Journals in rememberance and honor of Jimi Brooks who loved to read and write. Pascal had found his father’s journals after he passed and they allowed him to connect with his father through each journal entry.
Flavor Notes
93 Points | Vinous - Deep, shimmering ruby-red. Smoke-accented black raspberry, cherry cola and candied lavender scents, along with star anise and mocha flourishes. Silky, sweet and broad on the palate, offering juicy red and blue fruit preserve and spicecake flavors that take on floral and licorice nuances as the wine opens up. Supple tannins add shape to the long, smooth finish, which leaves behind sappy cherry and five-spice powder notes.
Dense, deeply rich fruit notes of raspberries and blackberries mingle with dark notes of sandalwood cola.
Sommelier
Pair this wine with a Panna cotta with marionberry compote.
Chef
Cherry cola, cacao nib, and tarragon.
Assistant Winemaker
Winemaking Notes
Similar to the previous two vintages, the 2016 growing season continued to push the envelope for defining the new normal in Oregon as one of the earliest on record. An unusually warm spring brought bud break between 2-4 weeks early, and a short heat spell at bloom condensed the flowering period, resulting in a smaller fruit set. Summer provided average conditions with fewer heat spikes than the 2014 or 2015 vintages, which led to smaller berry size and a high concentration of flavors. A warm August
shepherded along the early vintage at Brooks, running from September 2-October 12th.
Though it was an intense growing season due to the early start, the harvested grapes showed wonderful concentration and complexity with high natural acidity.
- Type
- Red
- Varietal
- Pinot Noir
- Region
- Oregon
- Appellation
- Willamette Valley
- Vintage
- 2016
- Vineyards
- Brooks, La Chenaie, Bois Joli
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Aging
- 18 Months
- Crush format
- Hand Sorted and 100% Destemmed
- Bottling date
- 2018-05-04
- Vessel
- French Oak Barrels
- Alcohol percentage
- 13.8
- Ph
- 3.6
- Acid
- 5.4 g/L
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