Schug Caneros Pinot Noir

Schug Carneros Estate was founded by Walter Schug in 1983, bringing a somewhat European vision to Sonoma. Walter was born in Germany in 1935 and raised in the grounds of the Staatsweingut Assmanshausen, one of Germany's top Pinot Noir estates which his father managed. You could say that he was born with Pinot Noir in his veins. He attended the famous German Wine Institute in Geisenheim where he gained a degree in viticulture and enology in 1959. And then, invited on a one year internship at the California Grape Products Corporation in Delano he travelled to California, never to return. Actually he has returned many times, but he did emigrate for good, deeply impressed by the wine potential of the Golden State. In 1966 he was employed by Gallo and in 1972 became chief winemaker at Joseph Phelps Vineyards; over the next ten years he produced America's first proprietary blend, helped to establish the reputation of its Cabernet Sauvignons with single vineyard bottlings from such famous vineyards as Eisele, and bottled the first varietally labelled Syrah. 

This classic Carneros region Pinot Noir offers a rich array of flavours and aromas thanks to its clonal diversity. Each individual clone is vinified seperatly and then blended. Resulting in a complex wine with a bouquet of dusty warm berries and hints of floral notes and baking spices. Busting with juicy black cherries and plums, silky tannins and a elegant flavourful finish. Open alongside lamb, duck or grilled fish.