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Radical and Alarming Pinot Noirs from La Rochelle, But a Couple of Beauties

Radical and Alarming Pinot Noirs from La Rochelle, But a Couple of Beauties

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Fredric Koeppel
Oct 15, 2011
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The history is complicated.

The Mirassou family has been in the wine business in California since 1854, qualifying them for a place among the industry's pioneering pantheon. For most of the first century, the family grew grapes in Santa Clara and (discounting Prohibition) sold bulk wine. I won't go into all the details of the family's splits, buy-outs a…

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