About Clos De La Tech Winery and Pinot Noir Wine

Vintage 2003 Pinot Noir Domaine du Docteur Rodgers 2003 One PSoC chip and Domain Valeta 2003 One PSoC chip	Vintage 2001 Pinot Noir Domaine du Docteur Rodgers 2001 Two POSIC chips	Vintage 2002 Pinot Noir Domaine du Docteur Rodgers 2002 Two 72-Megabit SRAMs 1.02 Billion Transistors	Vintage 2000 Pinot Noir Domaine du Docteur Rodgers 2000 with 16-Megabit SRAM chip

Clos de la Tech (Klō deh lah Tĕk) borrows its name from the great Burgundy vineyards that often use the word “Clos” (translation: enclosed area) in their names. Examples include Clos de Vougeot, Clos de Tart, Clos de Lambrays, etc. The reference comes from the rocks that were cleared from the vineyards to form stone walls. The “Tech” part of the name relates to the silicon chip-art we put on our bottle—in the case of the 2002, two real silicon memory chips with 1.02 billion transistors on them as shown in the photo at the left. (At only $0.0000001 per transistor, that’s $102 in value, making the wine free!)

Valeta and I spare no personal effort or expense in our quest to make the world’s best Pinot Noir. We make approximately 100 cases of wine yearly from Clos de la Tech’s first vineyard that surrounds our home in Woodside, California, modestly named Domaine du Docteur Rodgers.* Our first vintage, the 1996, was quite good, but a lucky accident enjoyed by rookies. After two “cycles of learning” (a.k.a. failures) in 1997 and 1998 and a “jury’s out” year in 1999, we produced what we consider to be world-class Pinot Noirs from 2000 through 2005.

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2003 (Current Release): Clos de la Tech is proud to announce its fourth release which for the first time features wines from two vineyards, one old and one new—Domaine du Docteur Rodgers and Domaine Valeta.
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2001 Clos de la Tech is proud to announce its third release: The Domaine du Docteur Rodgers 2001. We released the 2002 last year ahead of the 2001 to give more bottle age to the 2001, a bigger wine now in its prime. It's expensive to do, but we only ship wines that are ready to be drunk, although the 2001 will last for 20 years.
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2002 Relative to the 2000, the 2002 bouquet contains black fruit (black raspberries and black currents) rather than red fruit in the nose, silky tannins and a slightly more delicate body (the French would call it a more “feminine” wine). It’s more Burgundian than the 2000 and therefore our favorite of the two.
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2000: The 2000 was the first of these vintages to be ready for commercial release last year. It featured a classic Pinot Noir floral perfume bouquet, along with the aromas of spices and red berries, as well as the silky-smooth body that is characteristic of great Burgundies.
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* Named in honor of Dr. Barolet, the French M.D., who made what many collectors consider to be the finest Burgundies ever in the 1930s through the 1950s at his “Domaine du Docteur Barolet” properties. Barolet wines are generally unavailable, but sell for about $1,000 per bottle at auction when they come to market.