2013 Full Circle Pinot Noir
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The Tablas Creek Vineyard 2013 Full Circle Pinot Noir is Tablas Creek's fourth bottling of this renowned Burgundy grape from the small vineyard outside Robert Haas's family home in Templeton. We named the wine Full Circle because it reflects his career: from a start introducing America to the greatness of Burgundy, through decades focusing on grapes from the Rhone, he's now growing Pinot at home.
Tasting Notes
The 2013 Full Circle shows shows classic, vibrant Pinot Noir aromas of sweet spices, black tea, cherry skin and cocoa powder. The mouth is rich, with red currant and baking spices, a little sweet oak, and good acids and granular tannins keeping things clean. Chalky minerality and spice linger on the finish. Drink now or over the next decade.
Updated tasting notes from a January 2023 vertical tasting can be found on the Tablas Creek blog.
Technical Details
Appellation
- Templeton Gap Paso Robles
Technical Notes
- 13.2% Alcohol by Volume
- 300 Cases Produced
Blend
- 100% Pinot Noir
Recipes & Pairings
Recipe Suggestions
Food Pairings
- Roast pork loin
- Veal
- Roasted Chicken
- Spicy sausages
Production Notes
After importing our Châteauneuf du Pape clones, we brought in selections of a few other high quality (non-Rhone) clones as part of an effort to expand our nursery business, including Pinot Noir. Although we eventually decided that our nursery should remain focused solely on the Rhone grape varieties we grow, we planted enough Pinot Noir to produce vine material for the 2.5 acre vineyard around founder Robert Haas's house in Templeton. The Templeton Gap has been long recognized for its marine influence and resulting microclimate that is the coolest in the Paso Robles AVA, and the Haas Vineyard is in one of the coolest pockets of Templeton, near Santa Rita Creek. This vineyard is farmed organically by the Tablas Creek Vineyard team.
The 2013 vintage was a classic California vintage, warm and sunny, with added intensity from the low yields produced by our second consecutive drought year. The summer was consistently warm, without the heat spikes or cold stretches that can delay ripening, and resulted in an early harvest under near-perfect conditions. The net result was a blockbuster vintage, with excellent concentration and good freshness, that should offer both early appeal and the capacity to age. We harvested our Pinot Noir between August 23rd and September 4th.
The grapes were fermented in one-ton microfermenters using native yeasts. After pressing, the wine was moved into year-old Marcel Cadet 60-gallon barrels, for a hint of oak. The wine stayed on its lees, stirred occasionally, for a year and a half before being blended and bottled in April 2015.