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D & L Carinalli Vineyards offers Pinot Noir wines with exceptional consistency of balance, texture and elegance. Our wines are fermented and aged in American and French Oak barrels, delivering dark fruit flavors with smokey vanilla undertones and a long, lingering finish.
Recent AwardsOur 2008 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, Estate Wine, was bottled in January 2010 and is being entered in competitions. Our 2007 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, Estate Wine, received the following awards: Gold @ SF Chronicle Wine Competition 2009 Silver @ Sonoma County Harvest Fair 2009 Silver @ Orange County Fair Wine Competition 2009 Silver @ Riverside International Wine 2009 Silver @ National Women's Wine 2009 Silver @ Grand Harvest Award 2009 * Silver @ Sonoma County Harvest Fair 2008 Bronze @ North of the Gate Wine Competition 2009 Bronze @ California State Fair 2009 Bronze @ San Francisco Wine Competition 2009 Bronze @ Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits 2009 Bronze @ West Coast Wine Competition 2009 Bronze @ Professional Wine Buyers’ Competition 2008 * This competition had 1600 entries from wineries from around the world. To read more: www.vwm-online.com. Background
Although our vineyard started in 1996, the first year we sold Pinot Noir wine under our own D & L Carinalli Vineyards label was in 2003. The 2003 and 2004 wines are designated as Sonoma Coast. The 2005 bottling saw a change of Appellation to Russian River Valley. Our 2006, 2007 and 2008 wines are Russian River Valley, Estate Wine.
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