Cuvee Jeannette Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, creamy mushroom risotto, pan-seared salmon
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted as a heartfelt tribute to founder Bill Cates' mother, the Cuvee Jeannette Pinot Noir represents the pinnacle of Dominion Tantara's winemaking artistry. This reserve bottling is a meticulous barrel selection, blending the finest, most expressive lots from prestigious, cool-climate vineyards across Santa Barbara County. Adhering to traditional French Burgundian techniques, the wine undergoes open-top fermentation with native yeasts and is aged in premium French oak barrels. The result is a Pinot Noir of profound depth and sophistication, beautifully balancing the vibrant red fruit, exotic spice, and earthy undertones characteristic of the region's wind-swept, marine-influenced terroirs with a refined, velvety structure.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1997 in California's cool-climate Santa Barbara County, Dominion Tantara is an artisan producer renowned for its site-specific Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Sourcing fruit from celebrated Central Coast terroirs such as Bentrock, Dierberg, and La Encantada vineyards, the winery emphasizes low-intervention, Burgundian-inspired winemaking techniques that showcase the purity of each vintage. Its cellar regime prioritizes indigenous fermentations, gentle handling, and judicious use of French oak to produce focused, elegant wines of remarkable depth and ageability. In addition to its acclaimed single-vineyard and reserve Pinot Noirs, Dominion Tantara crafts refined, small-lot expressions of Chardonnay, Syrah, and Cabernet Franc.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14.5%