Monthly Tasting Group: Blind Pinots Worldwide

The Bungalow Club, Mpls
Tasted Sunday, March 31, 2019 by rocknroller with 212 views

Introduction

This was the monthly big tasting group event for March. The theme was blind pinots from anywhere. We had a group of about 18 for the event. Dinner was family style with a ton of food.

Flight 1 - Table One Wines (1 Note)

Flight 2 (3 Notes)

Flight 3 - First Blind Pinot Flight (3 Notes)

  • 2014 Kelley Fox Wines Pinot Noir Momtazi Vineyard 88 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, McMinnville

    Medium red color. Drank a 2 oz pour blind over an hour. Young, spicy, a little earth, almost seems a bit thin in the middle, with a bit of heat showing. Thought NZ or Ore. Wasn't feeling this tonight, maybe it's now in Momtazi no man's land for a couple years. .

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  • 2013 Big Table Farm Pinot Noir Pelos Sandberg Vineyard 90 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills

    Same bottle as Bellissimo. Tasted a small glass blind over 30 minutes plus. This was pretty ripe, cherry, cherry cola, herbal, orange peel, very tart though. Actually made me think Cali more than Oregon.

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  • 2013 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Original Vines 91 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills

    Medium red color. Drank a glass blind over 30 minutes. I'll stand by my previous note from 5 months ago. This is good, but it is not there yet. I fully expect this to evolve into something more over the next 2 to 3 years. That said, it is very good now; lean and sleek, sour cherry and tart red strawberry, medium taninns. Pretty clearly Oregon here. 91(+)pts.

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Flight 4 - Second Blind Pinot Flight (3 Notes)

  • 2011 Craggy Range Pinot Noir Single Vineyard Te Muna Road Vineyard 87 Points

    New Zealand, North Island, Wairarapa, Martinborough

    Medium dark red color, a bit murky. Drank a small glass blind over 30 minutes. Richer feel, dark fruit, nice textue and has some dried earth. High toned new world profile, fair.

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  • 2005 Domaine Joseph Roty Gevrey-Chambertin 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    Medium red color. Same bottle as Bellissimo. Drank a glass blind over 40 minutes. Cherry, clove, minerals, crushed rocks, more austere, dark cherry and spice. Very nice, called aged Burg. Very solid wine and a departure from what came before.

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  • 2006 Domaine Serene Pinot Noir Grace Vineyard 89 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills

    Medium dark red color. Drank a glass blind over 30 plus minutes. A big wine, ultra ripe darker fruits, glycerin, rich and full bodied for pinot, spice, pepper, and alcohol breaking through. I think this has some age and was from a warmer vintage, probably Oregon. Similar to a note from a about a year ago. I don't think this is going anywhere but downhill.

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Flight 5 - Third Blind Pinot Flight (3 Notes)

  • 2014 Viña Cono Sur Pinot Noir Ocio 87 Points

    Chile, Casablanca Valley

    Drank a small glass blind over 30 minutes. Lost track of my note on this. Suffice it say I was not a fan. Seems green. Guessing NZ, not really close but was at least in the right hemisphere.

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  • 1999 Bouchard Père et Fils Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

    Medium red color, 1cm bricked margin. Decanted for 30 minutes, drank a glass blind over 45 minutes. Took one whiff of this and I was pretty sure this was my wine. This was so earthy and filled with iron and minerality, tobacco, red cherry, leather. The palate was medium plus bodied, ready to go with complementary tannins and a refined texture, cherry fruits, forest floor and mineral. Clearly Burgundy with some age. Turns out I was correct - this was best bottle of this wine I've had to date.

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  • 1993 Domaine Michel Gaunoux Beaune 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune

    Drank a glass blind over 30 minutes. Another nice aged Burg here, more simple, but still showing earth and minerality and some cherry fruit. Still a good drink.

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Flight 6 - Table Two Shared Wines (10 Notes)

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