2015 Hyland Estates McMinnville Coury Pinot NoirThe Coury Clones origin is deeply rooted at Hyland. Charles Coury brought over the first vines from Alsace in the early 1960s and in a nursery partnership with Dick Erath propagated this small cluster, robustly spiced Pinot Noir. This estate is Biodynamically Farmed.

Almost half of the 34 acres of vineyards are planted with old vines (> 25 years old)

Five of the estate’s 6 hectares of Cabernet are dedicated to this wine

including stateside at institutions such as the Galerie d'Art Français in New Orleans and the Galerie Rue Toulouse in Carmel

This vibrant and refreshing wine is the traditional summertime quaffer of the Penedès region of Catalonia

and certainly one of the most important

Located in the world-renowned Oakville appellation

and put in wooden cases

each adding their own contribution to its development

strawberry cream soda of a pink sparkling wine

and many other publications

It is an ideal apéritif wine

a combination of Chardonnay