Attune Pinot Noir

Tasting notes & discussion 68

Typically $48/bottle from Attune Wines
Vintage 2014 from Carneros
AbV 14.2%, pH 3.6, RS 0.1 g/L
Gold Medal, LA Wine Competition 2017
Sold by Attune Wines, fulfilled by Wine Country Connect

About Attune Wines
“Attune (v.): to bring into balance or harmony.

Balance is a profound and elusive state where science, art, belief and actions align. It’s this beautiful state of balance that we strive for in our wines.

Winemaker Kenneth Juhasz guides every step of the winemaking process at Attune. With each decision on technique and timing, he focuses on finding harmony between power and elegance, structure and finesse.”

Attunement

TASTING NOTES:
“Wines from the part of the vineyard tend to be wound tight, and just waking up and opening now.
Really plush mouthfeel. Nice weight, great texture, layering of tannins. Elegance with California fruit basket.
Pomegranate, Strawberry, Grinding with Cherry, Anise, Cinnamon, black plum.” -Kenneth Juhasz

TANGENTIALLY RELATED FACT to help make conversation over this wine:
Back during early World of Warcraft (yeah, we’re going there again), when you got to max level and wanted to do the hard end-of-game stuff, you often had to get attuned for it. Well what the heck does that mean? Despite making it all the way to the end of the game, it meant you had to do long quests that had you running all over the world. Basically a way to make you play the game more before you continued playing the game more.

DRINK IT FROM (conventional option):
Standard red glass.

OR (really-going-with-the-theme option):
A cup made from the core fragment.

Who's buying this?

How are you buying your bottles?

Do you prefer pure varietals or varietals with other varieties added in?

Pure (100% the named varietal) varietals, please. Don’t want anything detracting from the main grape (or calling it something like “Pinot Noir” is disingenuous).

Pure (100% the named varietal) varietals, please. Don’t want anything detracting from the main grape (or calling it something like “Pinot Noir” is disingenuous).
Varietals with some other stuff added (<100% the named varietal), please. Gives some unique qualities without making it a blend.

Varietals with some other stuff added (<100% the named varietal), please. Gives some unique qualities without making it a blend.
No preference whatsoever.

No preference whatsoever.
I trust the winemaker’s decision on whether they go all-in on a single grape or add something else to make it pop.

I trust the winemaker’s decision on whether they go all-in on a single grape or add something else to make it pop.
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…What?

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