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Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara - 2024

Name: Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara
Brand: Au Bon Climat
SKU: 84234
Price: 25.99 USD
Availability: InStock

750 mL

Item # 84234

If you want exceptional California Pinot Noir for your money – look no further. This is a classic and comes from the venerable master in Santa Barbara, Jim Clendenon who has made excellent wines now for decades and his experience shows in each of his bottles.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2024

Country

USA

Region

California

Sub-Region

Santa Barbara

Producer

Au Bon Climat

Grape Variety

Pinot Noir

Staff Pick Notes

If you’ve ever driven from San Francisco down to LA, you likely know that Santa Barbara, is both beautiful and perfect for wine: foggy mornings and long, sunny afternoons make it an ideal for both Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. It was in this spirit that, in 1982, Jim Clenenden and Adam Tolmach started Au Bon Climat (a French idiom for “good place”) with the goal of producing low-alcohol, age-worthy wines reminiscent of Burgundy. Today, the winery produces dozens of renowned wines made from fruit grown across the region, including Clenenden’s own Le Bon Climat Vineyard. The winery's entry level Pinot, made from hand-harvested fruit, is the perfect introduction to Clenenden’s vision: aromas of red currant, blueberry, blood orange, and bay leaf give way to a palate that’s as bright as the landscape. Welcome to the good place.

- AL

About the Producer

Santa Barbara County, California, USA Jim Clendenen graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with High Honors in Pre-Law in 1976. He discovered the world of wine suring his junior year abroad in 1974, while turning 21 in France.. After graduation, a one month stay in both Burgundy and Champagne convinced him to attempt a career in wine rather than continue on to law...

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More About This Wine

Pinot Noir

The Burgundy region of northeastern France is the historic home of the Pinot Noir grape, and is the source of the world’s greatest examples. Here one finds renditions of Pinot Noir that deliver power with finesse and grace, wines that have unimaginable depth of flavor, yet are perfectly balanced and ephemeral in the mouth - in short, wines that deliver all that Pinot Noir has to offer. Terroir, the concept that wines from a specific region have unique and identifiable traits, is intricately...

California

California makes more wine than any other state in the United States. Not only does the state grow a variety of noble grape varieties like Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, there are also plantings of lesser-known varieties such as Nebbiolo, Roussanne and Mourvèdre to name just a few.

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