2017 Foxen Pinot Noir John Sebastiano Vineyard
Community Tasting Note
the godfather wrote:
Monday, June 28, 2021 - Very stemmy, not bad after it settled down
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Comment posted by Orvalman:
9/11/2021 7:54:00 AM - Technical notes mention only one of the clones being whole stem, the rest de-stemmed. My wife and I are interested in this topic as we’ve noticed that a high stem proportion is not right for our tastes - we get a dill pickle aroma and curious if others perceive it the same way?! We’re not sure if a number of years of bottle aging would change that or not. Thoughts appreciated!
Comment posted by the godfather:
9/11/2021 1:40:00 PM - I associate dill pickle with American oak barrels. For the most part don’t enjoy any amount of stems as tastes very green and takes years to integrate. That said, DRC and Dujac use stems, and happy to drink either.
Comment posted by Orvalman:
9/11/2021 2:08:00 PM - Thanks for the response. The wine that we noticed the dill pickle in particular is a reasonably high end Pinot from SRH. I doubt they use American oak. I'm not actually sure if they used oak but seem to be heading to a lot of stem inclusion. We'll test the waters on other Pinots that use some stem. We like our Pinots with age on them, so it would be good if time settles down the vegetal character!