FALSTAFF PINOT NOIR 2009, KUTCH

TASTING NOTES

'About 60% of these grapes were destemmed, the remainder fermented in whole bunches. Kept on the lees until blending and bottling after 16 months in barrel, of which 60% were new. Mid crimson. Very focussed, high toned nose. Marked freshness and the merest hint of austerity. Very correct, bone dry, Can one detect very slight oak influence? Very linear indeed. 168 cases made ... 17 points'
Jancis Robinson MW

PRODUCER NOTES

Jamie Kutch left a highly paid career as a stock trader in 2005 to move to California and pursue his dream of making wine. People thought he was crazy, until the first Pinot Noir he released scored 93 points in Wine Spectator.

Kutch Pinor Noirs are made as naturally as possible. After the grapes are harvested by hand, they are sorted meticulously and moved only by gravity, before being fermented in small open-top containers with hand and foot punch downs using indigenous yeasts. When fermented, the wine is gravity flowed into French Oak barrels, where they age sur lie (on the lees). The vineyard pursues a minimalist philosophy, trying to produce the purest expression of Pinot Noir from a particular place and time.

As with many high-end Californian wines, these Pinot Noirs are only sold through a mailing list, so this is a chance to get your hands on something quite exclusive.

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