Really lovely bottle. This is powerful and structured, but beautifully weighted and balanced. Ripe cherry and plum, orange blossoms, perfume, woods and earth. Concentrated, juicy, and luscious. Just absolutely singing on pop and pour. Might lack a little of the complexity you’ll find in the top end NSG’s, but nonetheless this is a wonderful wine. 13% abv, sees 15mo in oak before bottled unfiltered.
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Last Bottle purchase on a whim. Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, this vineyard is on the ocean side of the southern Santa Cruz mountains, overlooking Monterrey Bay.
20 year old vines, from a clone called Mt Eden Swan 115. Fermented with natural yeasts, sees 18mo in “barrel” not specified type or new/old and bottled unfined & unfiltered.
It’s pretty color, quite light and garnet, and noticeably a little cloudier than what I’m used to. Very expressive & bright nose on P&P, surprised me honestly. Lots of ripe cherry. On the palate it’s light and lively, nicely balanced structure, light on the tannins but they’re present and pleasant. Fairly linear, lots of primary flavors of cherry and raspberry, some cherry candy, maybe rose petal? The lightest touch of oak. Mouth-puckering acidity that makes you want more. You’re not going to confuse this for your Burgs, but it’s probably the best CA Pinot I’ve had so far (that number isn’t huge to be honest).
It tastes like what I wish Beaujolais tasted like, if that makes sense. I don’t think this is going to get much better, drink it if you have it. I’ll give it…. 91 points? Delicious, and look forward to drinking the other two of these, and the other cuvée I got from the same maker.
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2018 Domaine Chevillon-Chezeaux Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Bousselots
3/29/2024 - BenjaminWhiteMD wrote: 94 Points
Really lovely bottle. This is powerful and structured, but beautifully weighted and balanced. Ripe cherry and plum, orange blossoms, perfume, woods and earth. Concentrated, juicy, and luscious. Just absolutely singing on pop and pour. Might lack a little of the complexity you’ll find in the top end NSG’s, but nonetheless this is a wonderful wine. 13% abv, sees 15mo in oak before bottled unfiltered.
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2018 Big Basin Vineyards Pinot Noir Coastview Vineyard
3/29/2024 - BenjaminWhiteMD wrote: 90 Points
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2018 Big Basin Vineyards Pinot Noir Lester Family Vineyard
2/21/2024 - BenjaminWhiteMD Likes this wine: 91 Points
Last Bottle purchase on a whim. Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, this vineyard is on the ocean side of the southern Santa Cruz mountains, overlooking Monterrey Bay.
20 year old vines, from a clone called Mt Eden Swan 115. Fermented with natural yeasts, sees 18mo in “barrel” not specified type or new/old and bottled unfined & unfiltered.
It’s pretty color, quite light and garnet, and noticeably a little cloudier than what I’m used to. Very expressive & bright nose on P&P, surprised me honestly. Lots of ripe cherry. On the palate it’s light and lively, nicely balanced structure, light on the tannins but they’re present and pleasant. Fairly linear, lots of primary flavors of cherry and raspberry, some cherry candy, maybe rose petal? The lightest touch of oak. Mouth-puckering acidity that makes you want more. You’re not going to confuse this for your Burgs, but it’s probably the best CA Pinot I’ve had so far (that number isn’t huge to be honest).
It tastes like what I wish Beaujolais tasted like, if that makes sense. I don’t think this is going to get much better, drink it if you have it. I’ll give it…. 91 points? Delicious, and look forward to drinking the other two of these, and the other cuvée I got from the same maker.
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