Community Tasting Note
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rieslinghoarder Likes this wine: 93 points
April 21, 2023 - Opened with family out for dinner last night, so didn’t have my usual glassware or decant.
Strawberries & cream, apricots, and a note of bubble gum/cotton candy with a core of slate minerals. Though the wine has complexity, it is simultaneously playful and dances on the palate with a good interplay of minerality and refreshing acidity.
As usual, this was another delicious bottle from Seth. It didn’t have the blood orange/citrus character that I remember with the 2019 Pink Label, which I thought was a more serious and chiseled wine on its release with a touch more acidity. Might need to open another bottle soon to see how it’s progressing.1 person found this helpful 1,534 views
1 Comment
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sethmorgenlong commented:
4/23/23, 8:41 AM - Glad you pulled a cork and enjoyed Brian. These vintages are pretty different, 2019 was cooler and wetter to 2021's heat and drought conditions. I found Pinot lees in 2021 more impactful, which I think your note agrees with. The 2021 Pink Label acidity is 7.4g/L TA, 3.15pH, .17g/L malic, no fining or filtration. The 2019 Pink Label was 7.69g/L TA, 3.3 pH but with .99g/L malic, unfined but sterile filtered. Both amazing vintages, Pinot lees from Coattails' Jesse James in 2021, Pinot and Gamay lees from Evening Land in 2019.