Red
Alta Maria Carbonic Pinot Noir (Santa Maria Valley)
Santa Maria Valley · Central Coast · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Santa Maria Valley · Central Coast
- Appellation
- Santa Maria Valley
- Body
- medium
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- low
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
carnes brancas · queijos suaves · pratos com ervas
Rated vintages
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201392 pts
A fascinating wine, it was processed in a carbonic fashion, in which the juice is allowed to ferment inside the mostly intact grape skins, much like what's done in Beaujolais. The result is a transparent, ruby red wine that offers scents of a dust storm mixed with crushed rock a…