Au Bon Climat Santa Maria Pinot Noir 2022From the Santa Barbara County Classics range from Au Bon Climat. Winemaker and owner Jim Clendenen has been making Pinot Noir, with Santa Barbera grapes since 1982. Championing the variety in the area long before it was popularised by the hit film Sideways in 2004. Au Bon Climat describes their Pinot Noir as a homage to the red wines of Burgundy. There is elegance and restraint in their production. But this is an intense wine, deeply coloured with

characterful orange wine that balances rustic texture with clarity and lift

Owner and winemaker Simon Coulshaw farms organically and follows a very natural winemaking process in the cellar

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His sustainable approach doesn’t stop in the vineyard but extends to his solar powered cellar and winery

Cercial and Cercialinho

leading to a clean

We have a stunner of a red vermouth on our hands here

balanced tannins and a mineral finish

this Domaine made its debut in the Maranges AOC with the 2018 vintage

including frequent “Port of the Year” awards from Tim Atkin MW and numerous Platter 5-star ratings

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The balance and body will make this a superb food pairing wine