2012 Scott Paul Cellars Pinot Noir Quatre Journaux

Community Tasting Notes (5)

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Aravind Asok's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/9/2021 - Aravind Asok wrote:

  Final btl. Unscrewed yesterday, and the nose was dominated by pyrazine notes...to the point this seemed flawed, and worse than I recall any of my previous bottles being... This sat on the counter unrefrigerated overnight. and the pyrazine has not gone away..it has added a smoky camphor note; but there is clear red berry fruit behind. On the palate: fantastic acidity, pure stony minerality, mint, grainy, rustic tannin, sweet red berry fruit. What a conundrum: almost flawed on the nose, but fairly compelling on the palate.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View oropeza's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/4/2019 - oropeza wrote:

  Beautiful crunchy red fruit up front. Echoing AACollection's reviews, the middle and backend are dominated by stemminess and green flavors. Unique.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Aravind Asok's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/18/2018 - Aravind Asok wrote:

  Pop and pour. This btl showed more of that intense pyrazine than the minerality from my last btl. Nevertheless, nose shows pure cranberry and stone/intense stems/tea leaves. On the palate, excellent acidity, then loads of green stemmy notes, and a touch of pepper on the finish. Somewhat extreme...

  2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Aravind Asok's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/13/2016 - Aravind Asok wrote:

  Decanted. Intense minerality, dark fruits and some stem/herbaceous notes on the nose. The nose is perceptible from a distance. Improved as it sat in the decanter. Great depth on the palate. Medium+ acidity, more stony notes, and cherry pits on the palate. A very clean tannic finish that leans slightly bitter. Fantastic with seared trout.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Aravind Asok's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/14/2014 - Aravind Asok wrote:

  Opened at about 2pm and double decanted.
  
  Day 1: On the tasting pour to check if the bottle was ok, this had a really intense green/stemmy character. There was a Magnien Morey St. Denis that I had earlier this year that this reminded me of (the stems were so distinctive there). Anyway, the nose was distracting, so we corked this back up (or, rather, screwed the top back on) and left it on the countertop.
  
  Day 2: The stemminess/green character is still really present both on the nose and on the palate (to present contrasting opinions, my wife likes the nose). Nevertheless, there is reasonable acidity and dark fruit with a pepperiness on the finish. More tannin than I initially tasted is appearing now.
  
  Day 3: The nose has noticeably improved. Now, there are more minty and herbal notes. The acidity seems much improved and the tannin seems to have disappeared on the finish. In any case, I think this is not to be touched for at least a few years.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.