VOLUME 7, ISSUE 9
January 1, 2009
2008 Pinot Noir All-Americans 2008 California Pinot Noir All-Americans 2008 Oregon Pinot Noir All-Americans 2008 Value-Priced California Pinot Noir All-Americans 2008 Value-Priced Oregon Pinot Noir All-Americans 2008 Top New Zealand Pinot Noirs 2008 Pinot Noir Shootout Prelims B Vineyards & Habitat Earns an A+ EMTU Estate Wines: Pinot Noir From Dedicated Humanitarians Skewis Wines Latest Pinot Noirs from Lost Canyon Wrotham Clone of Pinot Noir Scherrer Pinot Noir Rocks 2007 Loring Wine Co Pinots A Long Tradition at Foxen Winery Small Sips of Russian River Valley Pinot More Sips of Pinot Ojai Vineyard Oregon Pinot Not Exclusive to the Willamette Valley White Christmas in the Willamette Valley Styling the Pinot Noir Highway

Join The Crew!

Subscribe Now!

Jim Ball Vineyards

Owner(s) Jim Ball
Web site www.jimballvineyards.com
 
Link to this site
Chicago attorney Jim Ball has a love for Pinot Noir and the Anderson Valley. He has teamed with noted winemaker Greg La Follette and is currently building a 10,000-case winery on Highway 128 across from Goldeneye Vineyards. He has a remote vineyard in the Anderson Valley named Middleridge Ranch and will plant the new FourDog Vineyard adjacent to the winery. La Follette will craft his Tandem wines here as well. Ball has brought biodynamic viticulturalist, Ginney Lambrix, to surpervise vineyard development and maintenace. The 2006 Jim Ball "Signature" Anderson Valley Pinot Noir was introduced at the 2008 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival and is available for purchase on the website. Future wines will be sold through a mailing list as well.

Articles About Jim Ball Vineyards

Reviewed Wines

2006 Jim Ball Vineyards “Signature Label” Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

14.5% alc., 690 cases, $60.From the 10-acre Middle Ridge Vineyard, located at 1,200 ft on a south facing Anderson Valley hillside just outside of Boonville. Clones 115, 667, 777,828 and Pommard 5. Inaugural release. · Shy but sexy scent of red cherries and oak spice. Delicious cherry and strawberry fruit, nicely spiced with gossamer tannins and a tangy finish. Delicate and elegant with impeccable balance. A ballerina in full flight. This is an up and coming producer of great promise. Reviewed January 1, 2009 ARTICLE »

2006 Jim Ball Vineyards “Signature” Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

Subscribe now for full access to all tasting and production notes.

PRINCE OF PINOT | PinotFile | PinotFile ARCHIVE | REVIEWS | ABOUT THE PRINCE | PINOT WINERY DIRECTORY
TRAVEL ALONG THE PINOT TRAIL | PINOT FESTIVALS | PODCASTS AND VIDEO | TESTIMONIALS | GRAPE RADIO | LINKS
SUBSCRIBE TO PINOTFILE | © 2003-2008 William Gaffney MD | Contact the Prince: Prince@PrinceOfPinot.com