2004 Bethel Heights Pinot Noir Casteel Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  6/4/2017 - ParisWino wrote:

  Drank with an '04 A & L Lignier Gevrey / Seuvrees (lieu-dit) for comparison. The Burg showed much greater bricking than this wine, but also a much more perfumed nose. I'm withholding a numerical score for this wine because the nose was such a nullity -- just a whisper of cherries and earth -- that I'm not sure the wine wasn't lightly corked. On the palate, the wine did show more attractive notes of red fruits and earth with juicy acidity in a rather Burgundian style. Certainly it didn't seem to be falling apart, but any remaining bottles should be drunk soon.

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  1/1/2014 - KeithAkers wrote: 91 Points

  Nose: Perfumed and balanced with plums, dark red fruits, licorice, spice tones, rose petals, and red berries.It took about 2 hours for the nose to get going.
  
  Taste: Medium bodied with medium+ acidity and silky tannins. The feel is polished with notes of plums, dark red fruits, licorice, and rose petals.
  
  Overall: The acidity is more noticeable than I would've initially expected given the vintage. There is a nice warmth to the tones and this is only starting to truly evolve.

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  2/16/2013 - Dale M wrote: 92 Points

  3rd and final bottle, decanted for about 20 minutes. I was impressed / surprised at how much life and kick was still left in this 9 year old. As with the last bottle, the nose was the star of the show, full of rose petals and spice, and a certain whimsical playfulness that is hard to articulate in words. Full of structure, but retaining just enough fruit and acidic to call it balanced, though the tannins did seem a tad dry on the finish, but that is a very minor quibble. I would say it definitely in its prime window, though I did enjoy it a tad more around the 5 to 6 year mark to capture the forward nature and richness that I think is the design of the Casteel Reserve.

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  8/28/2012 - Tad GW wrote:

  I had a half bottle of this wine. Just opened and poured. It was really good with a turkey fricasse. I wish I had more of this wine than I do. The concentrated liquid is dense but in any event has recongnizeable Pinot Noir character.
  
  50+5+12+18+8=93

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  1/15/2012 - Dale M wrote: 92 Points

  Personally, I have limited experience with BH, but I believe the general consensus is that the CR is a well-made, flashy Reserve wine, generated for complex, yet early drinking in compared to the single vineyard pinots. Decanted 4 hrs., Fantastic nose, exotic s brown spices, cured meat, a well-placed sliver of oak, all wrapped around fresh picked blackberries. The palate has just hit the early plateau of maturity I think, as the triad of fruit, tannin, and acidity seem to be in perfect harmony, though surprisingly spry and still full of energy. At once smooth to drink but leaves a wake of intellectual contemplation on the long, white pepper filed finish. Really nice drink. Consume now and over the next 5 years, with ease.

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