Meiomi® Pinot Noir brings you structure and depth seldom seen in a Pinot Noir wine, thanks to its unique and meticulous aging process. Aged for six months in French oak barrels, this California red wine's juicy strawberry flavor and notes of dark berries and toasted mocha add complexity and depth on the palate.

Known for crowd-pleasing California wines, Meiomi, a label founded in 2006, has become one of the best-selling wine brands on the market. The brand focuses on sourcing high-quality fruit and balancing complementary blends to develop rich, complex flavors.

To create the unrivaled taste of meiomi we grow our grapes in three sought after regions along the california coast monterey sonoma and santa barbara counties. Fruit from all three exceptional maritime regions is blended to create a richly layered well-balanced and expressive pinot noir.

Meiomi produces a small collection of wines, sourced from multiple AVAs (American Viticultural Area) throughout California, in particular Sonoma County, Monterey County and Santa Barbara County. The name Meiomi means "coast" in the language of the Wappo and Yuki peoples indigenous to the region.

The thin-skins and low levels of phenolic compounds lends Pinot to producing mostly lightly colored, medium bodied low tannin wines that can often go through dumb phases with uneven and unpredictable aging. When young, wines made from Pinot noir tend to have red fruit aromas of cherries, raspberries and strawberries.

Pinot Noir's body generally ranges from light to medium and is favored for its fresh floral, fruity, earthy and spice aromas. Known for an intense rich red color, Pinot Noir is pleasantly dry, with a flavor profile consisting of cherries, raspberries, mushrooms, clove and hibiscus, among others.

By combining California's exemplary qualities into a single wine, Meiomi achieves unforgettable balance, complexity, and richness of flavor. This approach of complementary blending achieves wines that are easy to love and hard to forget.

Characterized by eclectic flavors and aromas of strawberry, black cherry, plum and potpourri with notes of forest floor, mushroom or black tea, the best California Pinot noir boast a supple texture and good acidity, giving them the ability to improve with age.

This award-winning California red wine has received numerous accolades for its unrivaled taste, earning an impressive 92 points from The Tasting Panel. It's no surprise that Meiomi Pinot Noir is a favorite among wine connoisseurs and casual drinkers alike, with its full-bodied taste that is both bold and smooth.

Pinot Noir is one of the world's most popular red wines. It's made from black-skinned grapes that thrive in a narrow spectrum of cooler climates. It's also notoriously difficult to grow. When done right, it produces lighter-bodied wines of elegance, complexity and longevity.

Pinot noir is pale to medium in colour and is high in acidity with fine, soft tannins. Its red fruit flavours include strawberry, cherry, raspberry, cranberry and plum and the freshness will depend on the ripeness of the grape. Pinot noir can also have an earthy palate.

Pinot Noir: 5 Fun Facts

• The name "Pinot Noir" is French and means "Black Pine,"referring to the dark color of the skins and that the grape clusters were thought to resemble pine cones.
• Pinot Noir is an old grape.
• Pinot Noir is hard to grow.
• Pinot Noir is genetically unstable.
• Don't the color fool you.