CLT Wine Dinner (Mini-LMHB vertical, Aged 20+ yr Napa, and Aged 10+ yr Pinot) (Charlotte, NC): Double decant two hours in advance. Could use at least three hours but better yet wait a couple years. Nose: Fresh, young red candied cherries. Bright and floral. Very concentrated. Palate: A quality wine displaying a wall of flavors: cherry, red raspberry, meat notes, mineral and leather notes. This wine can go for hours on end. Finish: Somewhat stunted tonight but flavorful and medium length. This wine has the highest ceiling -- if you let it age a bit -- of the Pinots tasted on the night.
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Black cherry, raspberry, and licorice. Solid tannic structure which dries the palate and leaves you with a nice slightly tingling dark fruity finish. Not bad but it lacks a bit of structure and complexity. I definitely prefer Alain Michelot’s Nuit Saint George “Les Cailles” over this, hands down.
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Nose: Stunning barnyard, cherry, game and floral array. Palate: Round and giving, but still quite rustic with cherry, iron, mineral and leather notes. medium density as well. Finish: quite persistent and earthy. Stands out from the rest of the line up.
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8/24/2021 - kevinpatrick Likes this wine: 91 Points
CLT Wine Dinner (Mini-LMHB vertical, Aged 20+ yr Napa, and Aged 10+ yr Pinot) (Charlotte, NC): Double decant two hours in advance. Could use at least three hours but better yet wait a couple years.
Nose: Fresh, young red candied cherries. Bright and floral. Very concentrated.
Palate: A quality wine displaying a wall of flavors: cherry, red raspberry, meat notes, mineral and leather notes. This wine can go for hours on end.
Finish: Somewhat stunted tonight but flavorful and medium length.
This wine has the highest ceiling -- if you let it age a bit -- of the Pinots tasted on the night.
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11/1/2018 - RomanPski wrote: 89 Points
Black cherry, raspberry, and licorice. Solid tannic structure which dries the palate and leaves you with a nice slightly tingling dark fruity finish. Not bad but it lacks a bit of structure and complexity. I definitely prefer Alain Michelot’s Nuit Saint George “Les Cailles” over this, hands down.
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12/11/2013 - RockinCabs wrote:
Nose: Stunning barnyard, cherry, game and floral array. Palate: Round and giving, but still quite rustic with cherry, iron, mineral and leather notes. medium density as well. Finish: quite persistent and earthy. Stands out from the rest of the line up.
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