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Wine of the Day, No. 791

Wine of the Day, No. 791

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Fredric Koeppel
Mar 23, 2023
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Today, let's look at a pinot noir from Russian River Valley that offers varietal purity and intensity in an elegant, fresh, clean package. The Balverne Pinot Noir 2020 -- a label of Notre Vue Estate -- aged nine months in French oak, 25 percent new barrels, and that, friends, is an oak regimen I can endorse. The grapes fermented with the aid of native y…

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