Community Tasting Note

msuwine wrote:

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 - This sweet and lifted Pinot is drinking fine right now, but it shows a confectionary and saturated profile that is one-dimensional: after five years in bottle, the wine hasn't changed much. As with Yertle, so too with much modern domestic Pinot: it's fruit all the way down. I know there are exceptions (e.g., Wayfarer, Rhys), but this is a disappointing wine.

Bright red in color; medium in body; aromas of candied cherry, crushed pomegranate, and cranberry, with few tertiary notes. The flavors are similarly linear, with notes of strawberry pie, rhubarb, and anise, with a sugary and lingering finish. 14.9% alcohol. Followed over four hours, with little development.

P.S. I tasted this next to a 2017 Lafon Volnay, a cheaper wine that showed far more integration, class, and nuance. It wasn't just the sweetness - though it was there (i.e., the Lafon = Pellegrino, Morlet = Sprite) - it was the balance. Believe me, this isn't the figment of a Francophile imagination (I can't even pronounce a lot of the stuff on the label). The Volnay was way, way better: balance matters, and the Morlet - no matter how hard it tries - lacks it.

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