Community Tasting Note
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geeky? not sure wrote:
October 16, 2015 - This is a serious overachiever - a joke at $24.
If served blind, I might have pegged this as CA traditionalist due to the bright and rich red fruit when first opened, but would be a tough call as this definitely straddles the line between Old World and restrained New World at first. Fruit integrates further after about an hour but is present (and lovely) throughout. From start to finish, very nice subtle herbal/minty/mentholly/stemmy elements on the back end, adding interest. Very, very, very fine tannins, and on the whole a very smooth mouthfeel.
Not super complex and not a long term ager, but this should provide enormous pleasure, and maybe some positive evolution, over the next 8-10 years. That this can be had for less than many Bourgognes and less than half the price of a crappy CA pinot noir is mind-boggling. This wine really defines QPR.1 person found this helpful 1,968 views