………In Maryland, Black Ankle and Elk Run produce Pinot Noir wines, but it is a specialty only further west, at Deep Creek Cellars.
“The lower humidity and cooler nights, due to our higher elevation, makes the difference,” says Paul Roberts, co-owner and winemaker. “Chesapeake Bay once lapped up on these ridges, leaving marine fossils and calcareous rock. We’ve pioneered five vintages showing central Allegany County is the place for back-country Pinot. These are not baked West Coast wines, but rather more traditional, Burgundy-inspired Pinot Noirs of subtlety and finesse. Connoisseurs compare ours very favorably.”
Roberts teamed up with Michael and Barbara Hutton in 2008 to plant the couple’s property southeast of Cumberland with about 3,500 vines.
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