m y w ine w ords
Caw 2008 Pinot Noir
TH E W INE
Eve r s m e l l e d a c r an b e r r y c ar n ati o n ?!
No , Al l i e has n’t e i the r. Howe ve r, i f s u c h a hy b ri d o f
a f l owe r e xi s te d , s he i m agi n e s i t w o u l d have a s c e n t
that w o u l d tas te l i ke thi s . W hi l e Pe te r has a d iffe re n t
d e s c r i p ti o n f o r thi s b o ttl e o f 2 0 0 8 Pi n o t No i r fro m
C AW, the y b o th agre e that i t’s l ove l y w i th b e au t i fu l
c r an b e r r y & p o m e gr an ate n o te s .
TH E WOR DS
A l l ie : Al l r i ght Pe te r, s o w hat’s the s to r y ?
Pe t e r: T he s to r y to d ay f o l ks i s Caw Vi n e y ard s . It’s fro m
the Yam hi l l - Car l to n Di s tr i c t i n Ore go n . It’s Pi n o t No i r
an d i t’s f ro m the 2 0 0 8 m o d e l .
O N T H E N O SE
Pe t e r: A l o t o f r i p e b e r r y f r u i t to i t.
A l l ie : A b i t o f b oy s e n b e r r y p o m e gr an ate s y r u p … t h a t ,
o n to p o f Fre n c h Van i l l a b i s c o tti .
Pe t e r: I ge t a l i ttl e b i t o f s e a s an d an d a l i ttl e b i t o f
b l ac k f r u i t b u t, m o re o n the re d f r u i t s i d e o f t h i n g s .
A l l ie : I ag re e !
O N T H E PAL AT E
Pe t e r: A c o l a… yo u ge t l i ke the c he r r y, b l ac k c o l a s o r t
o f c har ac te r. Yo u g e t a l i ttl e b i t o f g i n ge r g o i n g o n i n
the m o u th. A re l ati ve l y l o n g f i n i s he r b e c au s e o f t h e
ac i d i ty to i t. I w o u l d s ay an yo n e d r i n ki n g 2 0 0 8 ri g h t
n ow, i t re al l y n e e d s ab o u t an ho u r i n the d e c an t e r b u t ,
i t’s a re al l y l ove l y w i n e .
A l l ie : Yo u kn ow how w he n yo u g e t m e f l owe r s yo u
g e n e r al l y g e t m e ro s e s o r s o m e thi n g l i ke that? We l l , i f
yo u we re to have g o t m e c ar n ati o n s , a w ho l e b o u q u e t o f
the m an d i f the y we re to b e c r an b e r r y … have yo u e ve r
he ard o f a c r an b e r r y c ar n ati o n ?
Pe t e r: Cr an b e r r y ?
A l l ie : Ye ah, I’ve n e ve r he ard o f s u c h a thi n g b u t , i f
I s m e l l e d s u c h a thi n g I b e l i e ve thi s i s w hat i t w o u l d
tas te l i ke .
Pe t e r: I ge t that c r an b e r r y p o m e gr an ate thi n g g o i n g o n .
A l l ie : C he e r s to that!
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