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.

Pinot Noir Wines Currently Available

2009 Russian River Valley, Estate Wine
2010 Russian River Valley, Estate Wine
2011 Russian River Valley, Estate Wine

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Recent Awards

Our 2009 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley,
Estate Wine, has received the following awards:
(Bottled January 2011)
Gold @ International Women’s Wine Competition 2012
Gold @ Affairs of the Vine's Pinot Noir Shootout 2012
Silver @ S.F. Chronicle Wine Competition 2013
Silver @ Grand Harvest Awards 2012
Silver @ Long Beach Grand Cru 2012
Silver @ West Coast Wine Competition 2012
Silver @ Orange Co. Fair - Commercial Wine 2012
Silver @ Los Angeles Wine & Spirits 2012
Silver @ International Women's Wine Competition 2011


Our 2010 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley,
Estate Wine, has received the following awards:
(bottled February, 9 2012 - 310 cases)
Double Gold @ North of the Gate 2012
(at the Sonoma-Marin Fair)
Gold @ Affairs of the Vine 2013
Silver @ San Francisco Int. Wine Competition 2013
Silver @ Orange County Fair 2013
Silver @ North Coast Wine Competition 2013
Silver @ Consumer Wine Award 2013
Silver @ S.F. Chronicle Wine Competition 2013
Silver @ Grand Harvest Awards 2012
Silver @ Long Beach Grand Cru 2012
Silver @ International Women’s Wine Competition 2012
Silver @ West Coast Wine Competition 2012
Silver @ NextGen Wine Competition 2012
Silver @ San Francisco International Wine Comp. 2012


Our 2011 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley,
Estate Wine, has received the following awards:
(bottled August 2012 - 307 cases)



Full List of Pinot Noir Wine Awards

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, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Pinot Noir wines are Russian River Valley, Estate Wine.