Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir

”Great value! Miles above other Pinots in the same price category this wine is a particularly wonderful vintage. It is deeply colored with aromas and flavors of strawberries and raspberries joined by anise and clove in mouth filling intensity. It is difficult to mention Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir without bringing up the Alexander Payne movie Sideways. The release of the movie could not have come at a better time. Prior to Sideways Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir was on its way to stardom. A new generation of vineyard managers had come on the scene and many understood what needed to be done in the vineyard to improve Pinot Noir and winemakers were getting a better idea of how to deal with Pinot Noir in the winery. The convergence of better grapes better winemaking and a very popular and entertaining movie led to an explosion in the popularity of Pinot Noir and mainly Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir. Even though the movie was a 2004 release we still feel the effects over a