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Au Bon Climat, Larmes de Grappe, Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, USA, 2017

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Recently removed from professional storage (BBR) this is the wonderful and rare 2017 ABC Larmes de Grappe Pinot Noir. Extremely scarce, £75 in bond prior to duty and delivery, £100+ at retail.

Fram Handford wines (priced at £105):
"There’s no two ways about it, the ‘Larmes de Grappe’ or ‘Tears of the Whole Cluster’ is a Pinot made for Pinot-lovers by a master of this variety: Jim Clendenen. The 2017 is only the fourth vintage ever made of this astonishing wine (after 2001, 2005 and 2016) which is a special, 100% whole cluster selection from the Sanford & Benedict vineyard.

This is just so, so lovely on the nose. Floral aromatics immerse the senses with notes of sandalwood, spice and even incense. It’s almost like sitting in a Lebanese restaurant with a strawberry cheesecake facing you for dessert. Goodness, that whole cluster feeling really is incredible.
And then you hit the palate. Woah – there is an astonishing pervasion of fruit here; layer upon layer of red cherries infuse the tastebuds with raspberries and strawberries behind. The flavours are gorgeous and intoxicating with heady appeal, yet the palate is simultaneously incredibly focused and pure. The wine feels precise in its intentions, leaving a refreshing touch of pebble stones behind. The tannins have a coated intensity about them which allows them to run across the palate so delightfully, yet they are still tight and focused – and will be for some time yet. This is absolutely stunning. Drink 2024-2038."

From the ABC website:
"Larmes de Grappe (tears of the grape) wines are something special. It doesn’t happen every vintage. In fact, there are only a few other vintages that have been made. The grapes need to be perfectly ripe and the stems lignified. Lignification is the complex process where the stems stop producing chlorophyll and become woody and brown. It does not happen every year. Including these lignified stems in the fermentation gives the wine more complexity and spice. If the stems are too green the resulting wine will be bitter from the chlorophyll. We use our best grapes with our best barrels to make a few cases of this Pinot Noir. The grapes are from the old vine Pinot Noir from the prestigious Sanford and Benedict Vineyard planted in the 70s. We wait to pick until the stems have lignified and then ferment whole cluster without any destemming."
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Item ID:

276117

Name:

Au Bon Climat, Larmes de Grappe, Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, USA

Producer:

Au Bon Climat

Quantity / Size:

1 bottles, 75cl each

Bottle Format:

Bottle

Duty Status:

Duty Paid

Wine Packaging

None

Wine Colour:

Red

Wine Type:

Still

Country / Region:

United States, California, Sta. Rita Hills

Fill Level:

Into Neck (IN)

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UK Only
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Recently removed from professional storage (BBR) this is the wonderful and rare 2017 ABC Larmes de Grappe Pinot Noir. Extremely scarce, £75 in bond prior to duty and delivery, £100+ at retail.

Fram Handford wines (priced at £105):
"There’s no two ways about it, the ‘Larmes de Grappe’ or ‘Tears of the Whole Cluster’ is a Pinot made for Pinot-lovers by a master of this variety: Jim Clendenen. The 2017 is only the fourth vintage ever made of this astonishing wine (after 2001, 2005 and 2016) which is a special, 100% whole cluster selection from the Sanford & Benedict vineyard.

This is just so, so lovely on the nose. Floral aromatics immerse the senses with notes of sandalwood, spice and even incense. It’s almost like sitting in a Lebanese restaurant with a strawberry cheesecake facing you for dessert. Goodness, that whole cluster feeling really is incredible.
And then you hit the palate. Woah – there is an astonishing pervasion of fruit here; layer upon layer of red cherries infuse the tastebuds with raspberries and strawberries behind. The flavours are gorgeous and intoxicating with heady appeal, yet the palate is simultaneously incredibly focused and pure. The wine feels precise in its intentions, leaving a refreshing touch of pebble stones behind. The tannins have a coated intensity about them which allows them to run across the palate so delightfully, yet they are still tight and focused – and will be for some time yet. This is absolutely stunning. Drink 2024-2038."

From the ABC website:
"Larmes de Grappe (tears of the grape) wines are something special. It doesn’t happen every vintage. In fact, there are only a few other vintages that have been made. The grapes need to be perfectly ripe and the stems lignified. Lignification is the complex process where the stems stop producing chlorophyll and become woody and brown. It does not happen every year. Including these lignified stems in the fermentation gives the wine more complexity and spice. If the stems are too green the resulting wine will be bitter from the chlorophyll. We use our best grapes with our best barrels to make a few cases of this Pinot Noir. The grapes are from the old vine Pinot Noir from the prestigious Sanford and Benedict Vineyard planted in the 70s. We wait to pick until the stems have lignified and then ferment whole cluster without any destemming."
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Item Details

Item ID:

276117

Name:

Au Bon Climat, Larmes de Grappe, Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, USA

Producer:

Au Bon Climat

Quantity / Size:

1 bottles, 75cl each

Bottle Format:

Bottle

Duty Status:

Duty Paid

Wine Packaging

None

Wine Colour:

Red

Wine Type:

Still

Country / Region:

United States, California, Sta. Rita Hills

Fill Level:

Into Neck (IN)

Ended:

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Shipping

Will be sent special delivery
£12.00
Buyer
UK Only
Seller does not accept returns

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