1997 Acacia Pinot Noir Beckstoffer Las Amigas Vineyard

The 1997 Pinot Noir Beckstoffer-Las Amigas Vineyard (one of the oldest Carneros vineyards at 35 years of age) exhibits a dark ruby color, but has a tart acid profile that keeps the texture compressed and the wine inaccessible. It also tends to exacerbate the tannin level, but there is plenty of good cherry and strawberry fruit behind the acid structure. Drink it over the next 2-3 years. Tel. (707) 226-9991; Fax (707) 226-1685