2005 Souverain Pinot Noir Sonoma County

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 86 points

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  4/23/2010 - oldsailor wrote: 84 Points

  Darker than most PN's I've had. It may have needed decanting as it was a bit too hot and tart for my palate. My experience with this wine was very much like the notes from fairnymph on 2/09.

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  3/14/2009 - RossR wrote: 87 Points

  A little hot on first approach, after an hour in the decanter it settles down quite a bit.
  
  Rather than repeat what the other reviewers have already stated I'll just say this pairs fairly nicely with a robust Camembert and I agree that it needs more bottle time to integrate.

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  2/7/2009 - fairnymph wrote: 86 Points

  A bit dark for a PN; deep vivid raspberry-garnet colour.
  Nose is fairly hot, earthy, with sour cherry and cranberry fruit, tartness, and a hint of funk (in a good way).
  Tasted, it's quite sour (but not unpleasantly so) with robust acidity, and great tannins for a PN. Medium bodied with light moutfeel. It's a bit hot. Less fruity than the nose suggests, though cranberry and strawberry show through. That funk is mushroom, and there's a bitter hint of tobacco - overall, this is complex and interesting.
  Finish is long and slightly bitter, showing lots of that mushroom, as well as dirt and a hint of black pepper.

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  7/8/2008 - Corrado wrote: 85 Points

  85/100
  COLOR: 5/5 - Rhubarb/raspberry red, bright, and light-bodied
  NOSE: 11/15 - Shizophrenic nose starts with pencil shavings and mesquite smoke as the dominant aromas with raspberry vodka and strawberry kool-aid playing hide & seek in the background.
  FLAVOR: 6/10 - Entry is hot and tart with lots of minerality. Smokiness from the nose carries onto the palate with boysenberry in the background.
  FINISH: 6/10 - Raspberry sour-patch kids; fairly short.
  POTENTIAL: 4/5 - The potential is in the bottle for this to be a much better drink down the road than today. The fruit is there, but playing second fiddle to the structural components of wine. This drinks like an adolescent wine that will be quite a charmer when it emerges from its awkward years.
  OVERALL: 3/5 - There are plenty of individual things to be excited about with this wine, but the players don't have a game plan and my overall impression is, "awkward." This wine sets itself apart from many of its $20ish peers by having character and potential and, once the rough edges smooth over, will be very presentable. Recommend cellaring for a bit longer; will likely be more of a food-wine than one you'll drink by itself.

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