the Rizzo winery NOTEBOOK
At Rizzo, we want to help our valued customers learn about how many hands this bottle went through before reaching their glass - or why wine has been the chosen beverage for thousands of years throughout history. We wanted to share the tools that enable our wine lovers to feel confident about discussing the bottle of Rizzo they are drinking with friends.
We created the Notebook to help get you there and to pass on our wealth of knowledge to you.
Our 2015 Pinot Noir Is A Winner Baby!
Read all about how delicious our 2015 Pinot Noir is and how it won 90 points and a gold medal in the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards!
We entered our 2015 Pinot Noir to the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards and we won gold!
2015 Pinot Noir Tasting Notes
2015 was a warm vintage in Eola-Amity Hills, this gave our Pinot Noir a darker color. As the dark ruby wine swirls in the glass, it releases aromas of sour gummy candy, strawberry juice, orange rind, and rhubarb pie. As the wine opens, it lends us earthy aromas of sweet and subtle rosemary. On the tongue, there’s a buzz from the alcohol, followed by an acidity that creates tart cherry flavors as it mingles in your mouth. A silky tannin, with flavors of ripe strawberries and a fruitiness that reminds us of summertime watermelon.
Sommeliers Choice Awards
The goal for the Sommeliers Choice Awards is to provide a valuable benchmark for which wines would make the best addition to a wine list. The judges for the Sommeliers Choice Awards are top sommeliers at restaurants, bars, pubs, and clubs in the United States. They taste the submitted wines and judge them based on how well they will pair with food items, their versatility, typicity, value, quality, and package.
