Wine Society - Explore Pinot Noir

Trades Hall Glasgow
Tasted Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - Thursday, April 25, 2019 by auldalliance with 121 views

Introduction

Seated, tutored tasting led by Toby Morrhall, WS buyer for Burgundy. Designed to cover several price points across New World and Europe.

Flight 1 - Wines Under £15 (3 Notes)

Flight 2 - Wines £15-£25 (3 Notes)

  • 2017 Jean Stodden Spätburgunder

    Germany, Ahr

    (4/25/2019)

    Light in colour, quite dilute I thought, but with some decent tannic grip. Similar to an Alsace PN for me. Fruit not terribly evident. I think this would be a decent enough food wine, with lighter dishes even fish. However, not really a £20 plus wine.

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  • 2017 Radford Dale Pinot Noir Freedom

    South Africa, Cape South Coast, Elgin

    (4/25/2019)

    Deepest in colour of this flight. I was pleasantly surprised by this one, as I haven’t been a great fan of the small number of SA PN I have tasted. I was expecting it to be oaked which it isn’t apparently.

    Some tannic grip, balanced by quite good fruit on the palate. My favourite of the £15 to £25 flight.

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  • 2017 Kooyong Pinot Noir Massale

    Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula

    (4/25/2019)

    Mid colour. Good bouquet of forest fruit. More burgundian than I expected, probably reflecting cool climate. Slightly drying tannins, and faded a bit on the finish for me, but it was a close run thing between this and the Radford Dale for the best of this flight.

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Flight 3 - Wines £25-£40 (4 Notes)

  • 2016 Mac Forbes Pinot Noir Yarra Junction

    Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

    (4/25/2019)

    Lightish colour. Muted on the nose. Again, quite Burgundian for me. Quite a delicate wine, with fruit not as evident initially, but a bit more complexity.

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  • 2012 Domaine de Bellene Nuits St. Georges Vieilles Vignes

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges

    (4/25/2019)

    Mid colour. Quite dumb on the nose, gentle, slightly sweetish on the palate but fruit lacking which is unusual for Bellene wines. I think it’s shut down, and was probably better a year or so ago and may well be in a year or two. Toby commented along the same lines later. Apparently, it had drunk really well about 4 months ago when they were putting together the list for these tastings. I have this and the 2011 at home and will leave this one for a year or so I think.

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  • 2016 Greywacke Pinot Noir

    New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough

    (4/25/2019)

    Deep colour, Syrah like.

    Nose was quite offputting for me, in a way I couldn’t quite place. Oak? Fermentation yeasts? Who knows.

    However, it was much better on the palate than the nose, with decent grip, and some acidity to balance the fruit. I suspect it will last quite well.

    Definitely the exception to the general view that PN is 70% on the nose. I enjoyed this one, but the Au Bon Climat just pipped it for the wine of the flight due to the lovely bouquet.

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  • 2016 Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Santa Barbara County

    USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County

    (4/25/2019)

    Pure, redcurrant fruit on the nose, beautiful bouquet which I kept coming back to. Doesn’t quite follow through on the palate, but still a lovely, very fruit driven wine. For drinking now. My preferred wine of the £25-40 flight.

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Flight 4 - Wines £50+ (2 Notes)

  • 2010 Domaine Maume Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St. Jacques

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

    (4/25/2019)

    Complex bouquet, earthy notes for me. A lot of tannic grip at first (quite cold) and a smokey flavour. Fruit was very restrained, with a slightly burnt, caramelly note suggesting maybe overextraction?

    It came out it’s shell a bit as it warmed up, but it was quite hard work for me anyway. Might need a bit more time?

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  • 2013 Domaine Maume-Marchand-Tawse Mazoyères-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Mazoyères-Chambertin Grand Cru

    (4/25/2019)

    Very deep colour. Bouquet a bit closed initially (quite cold) with a sort of tarry note that I couldn’t place. However, it really opened up in the glass, and the bouquet developed into the most complex of the night for me, with forest fruits, earthiness which just kept going on…Grip on the palate but also quite smooth, with a long long finish.

    This has quite a long future as it should at the price!

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