Community Tasting Note

Cailles wrote:

Sunday, April 3, 2022 - All 20 Vintages of Donatsch Pinot Noir Unique: Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to taste all vintages ever produced of this top Swiss Pinot Noir. All from magnum. A few obeservations: A) The structural frames are exceptional. Superb tannin quality, high, and perfectly-integrated acidity, lots of finesse and a weightless feel in all vintages. B) These wines are made to age. Only the 2002 was over-the-hill, most other showed young(-ish) from magnum and will have a long life ahead. Only the first vintage (2000) showed tertiary/peakish. C) The wines start drinking quite well from the age of 12-15 years. The younger ones from the 2010 vintage onwards were more about the potential with many even a bit closed. D) There's a jump in complexity with the 2004 vintage. Most (open) wines show beautifully complex, very well delinated, pure and Burgundian in style with a well-measured touch of sexiness.

TN Dark and intense nose, minerality dominates the nose at the moment, the fruit - and the same is true for palate - has receded since the release a year ago. This is no longer the great, perfectly ripe, seductive, pure, fruit-driven wine. You can clearly see that the substance is impressive and that this wine (the favorite vintage of winemaker Martin Donatsch) could become great with another 10+ years in the cellar. 92/93 pts today. Potential for more is obvious.

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