5/1/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

2011 J Thomas "Dundee Hill" Pinot noir
13.2% ABV / 750mL
Grown and bottled by proprietor

This has been a wine on my tasting list for some time, the producer having sort of reaching mythical status, of the one man grower/winemaker/marketer/merchant who operates from his hermit cave deep in the jungles of Willamette valley. The wine only accessible via a 3 day hike from Portland and a prayer to the wine gods. Well maybe that's getting a little carried away. Thomas sells his wine the old fashion way, via a print mailing. The winery doesn't have a website and it's somewhat hard to track down. But it has many fans, and the wines seem to sell out, so he must be doing something right. I guess this penchant for doing things the old way adds to the allure. Anyways, I secured a bottle and it was time to check if the wine lives up to the legend.

With grilled octopus and carrots.

Pop and pour. (Whole) Cork came out clean. Color is light and clear, kind of a pale ruby, maybe a Coeur de pigeon that's sometimes used to describe slightly aged Bourgogne.

Initially the wine was a strong cranberry scent and tasted of cranberry juice. After 5 minutes, the cranberries deminished with strawberries, raspberries, and meadow flowers taking over the olfactory aromas.

Taste - front of red fruit, raspberries, cherries, medium acidity. The mid palette brings in some sea salt, buttered toast, with a soft oak finish. Lingers on the tongue for 15s or so.

It's a nice elegant Pinot noir. It has some Oregon fresh fruit, but also a bit more finesse and less power than many Oregon Pinot noirs. I'm curious how much of that is due to age vs winemaking style.

Anyways, it is a lovely wine that is drinking well and look forward to trying some other vintages.

93/100

4/30/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

2019 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Rouge
From 375mL
14% ABV

Paired with spicy Chinese stir fry, green vegetables.

Cork opened clean. Light ruby.

Nose - blueberry and huckleberry.

Taste - lovely blueberry at the front, medium acidity, developing with blueberry, light cherry, anise, light menthol. Rounded out by integrated oak, early cherries. Tastes fairly light bodied, even though it's 14%. Comes across as refreshing, crisp and easy to drink. Not super complex, but pulls you back for more & lingers on the tongue.

Delightful wine!

92/100

4/23/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

Pouring at the Amex lounge in Seattle.

This is an inexpensive willamette valley PN noir, replacing the loveblock pinot noir at the lounge.

Pale clear ruby, nose of cherries, strawberries, other red fruits.

Taste starts with that distinctive WV fresh fruit bursting, cherries, raspberries, little spice emerging. Kind of a cherry sweet tart. medium acidity, a little light. Not really any complexity. But still, a nice wine to sip on before a flight.

88/100

4/23/2024 - novocane wrote:

Domaine Allimant-Laugner Vin d’Alsace pinot noir (2022)
“Dry Red Alsace Wine”
750mL 13.5% ABV
www.allimant-laugner.com

Paired with homemade pizza.

Initially tasted a bit closed. Left in bottle 6 hours.

Cork opened clean

Nose of black fruits. BlackBerry, black currant, background licorice.

Color - clear medium ruby

Taste - the front is muted, dry, with some acidity quickly revealing itself, with early blackberry, cranberry, black currants. On the back, a dry grapefruit bitterness emerges, lingering on the tongue.

90/100

4/17/2024 - novocane wrote:

2020 Domaine de la Grange Grillard, "Grande Cote de Grillard" Arbois Pinot Noir (Michel Tissot & Fils)
Arbois, Jura, France
13.5% ABV, 750mL

I've been trying Pinot noirs from regions outside Burgundy/Oregon, this one from Jura, just northeast of Burgundy.

Pop and pour. Cork pulled clean.

Medium ruby

Nose - tangy cherry, strawberry

Taste - very dry and astringent, especially on open. Hints of strawberry, but also lemon, grapefruit and oak. somewhat puckering. Back with a touch of salt, then strong grapefruit finish.

Did not really open up after 2 hours drinking. Probably the fruit was a bit underripe. It's not bad, but not really my kind of Pinot.

Edit: it became a little better 48 hours in bottle for second pour. But by no means exceptional.

88/100

4/16/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

Fourchaume, a premier cru vineyard on the north side of the Serein river, can offer a distinctive and even grand expression of Chablis. I’ve been exploring lessor known Chablis producers and this L Chatelain fit the bill. Even though it has a James Suckling 92 rating sticker on the bottle, this red flag didn’t scare me off.

Paired with fried ginseng, spicy pork foot, stir fried vegetables.

From chilled 750mL, pop and pour. Cork pull cleanly.

Color - medium straw with some greenish shades.

Nose - fresh lemon, verbena, saline, little minerality.

Taste - fresh acidity at front, lemon, verbana, saline. At middle subtle notes of pear, Fuji apples. At the back grapefruit, rocks, minerality with with distant floral scents.

It’s not bad, but no Dauvissat. 89/100

4/12/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

2020 Jean Claude Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 750mL

At restaurant, with vegetables, burrata, fruit, cod, ricotta. Opened clean, put in ice bucket.

Color - medium straw

Nose - agrumes, honey crisp apple, meadow flowers

Taste - lemon, acidity on front, middle slightly sweet blossom, light ginger, slightly candied sour apple, oak on back giving a nutty end. Linger on tongue 15a

Delightful Ramonet!

94/100

4/10/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

Alpine Roots Symphonie Pinot noir (2021)
Olivier Roten, Caves du Paradis, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
100% Pinot noir, 13.5% ABV

An alpine Pinot noir, grown in mountainous terrain near Sierre, east of Chamonix, nestled between the Bernese alps and Pennine alps.

PNP. Opened clean.

Color - light ruby

Nose - cherry, raspberry, light mint/menthol

Taste - fruit forward with a burst of acidity, kind of like an Oregon pinot noir, except dryer. Tart cherry and raspberry at the start kind of becoming an unsweet cherry pie. Light-medium body. Earth, chard and oak at the end, but nicely balanced. Lingers on the tongue a good 15 seconds.

91/100

4/4/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

Overall this is better than expected.

I bought several bottles of commodity wine at Walmart in China. They were all under USD$10. Most were bad to mediocre, this is the best of the bunch. Granted, my expectations for this bottle were pretty low.

This is Changyu Dry Red Wine, 750mL. Founded in 1892, Changyu is China’s oldest winery. Located in the coastal city of Yentai, Shandong. The grapes are not specified, but this is presumed to be Cabernet Gernischt. 13% ABV

Tasting note:

Artificial cork removed clean.

Color - deep ruby, translucent

Nose of black currant, huckleberry, pomegranate.

Taste of blue/black fruit, fairly dry (but sweeter than a classic dry Bordeaux), medium acid. Black currant, blackberry, early cherries. Some floor funk, earthy, little smoke. The grapes have some complexity, tastes like whole cluster grapes. At the back, light oak. I wouldn’t normally expect a bottle like this to be age worthy, but this one might.

87/100.

3/28/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

2020 Col Solare “collector’s society” Melbec (Red Mountain, WA). 95% Malbec, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.9% ABV.

Col Solare releases single varietal low volume wines to its wine clubs. They make interesting bottles and I guess a good way for Col Solare to package the juice leftover after blending.

This is the Malbec offering, which is 95/5 Malbec/Cabernet Sauvignon. The cab and Syrah from Red Mountain in Washington usually are delightful — and usually strong, ripe, tannic though without the over extracted style of Napa. I’m not usually a big fan of Malbec, though my experience is mainly cheap bottles from Argentina and South America. This one is delicious and an eye opener on what Malbec can be.

PNP, cork pulled out clean.

Color - Deep inky purple.

Nose - rainy wet blackberries, earth, cinnamon.

Taste - The wine has a delicious silky smooth texture. Fresh blackberries hit the front, tangyness subdued by a bit of sweetness mid palette and then the oak expresses itself at the back. Blackberry dominant, black cherries, earth, caramel, toast as secondary notes. Nice wine!

3/24/2024 - novocane wrote:

Tasting note:

Hofgut Falkenstein Niedermenniger Herrenberg 2021 Red Wine trocken Mosel 12% ABV / 750 mL. AP 10

PNP. Opened clean.

Nice ruby red color.

Nose - blueberry and early huckleberry with a little cranberry.

Taste - a nice tangy mountain huckleberry. Feel the acidity and sourness at the start. Fresh fruit, dry. As it moves to mid palette, a tiny bit of sweetness emerges, but this is a modest and spartan fruit compared to Oregon or NZ Pinot. The taste of chewing huckleberry skin. Little astringent at the back. Not particularly complex. A delightful everyday Pinot punching above it's weight.


91/100

3/21/2024 - novocane wrote:

On a recent visit to China, I decided to try the infamous Great Wall brand of wine. Great Wall produces a variety of low cost high volume wines in China. Great Wall’s parent company owns the rights for coca-cola in China; so this is a big company across the beverage industry. It is the largest wine producer in China, producing more than 50,000 tons of wine.

The wine was purchased from Walmart Shenzhen for about $9.50. It hails from the Yantai region, on the east coast of China, adjacent to Seoul and known for its agriculture (apples, onion, etc).

The bottle says it is “Cabernet special selection”, but doesn’t go into specifics about the varietals going into the wine. It is likely Cabernet Gernischt, aka Carmenere (or a blend with this being dominant) which was brought to China a century ago. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabernet_Gernischt . I asked a Chinese friend to see if they could pull up more definitive data, but they could not find this particular bottle online and said therefore it might be fake. I don’t think anyone would bother faking a $9 bottle of wine while getting into Walmart, but who knows.

Tasting review:

Composite cork pulled out cleanly.

Color - ruby red

Nose - black currants, sour pomegranate, early blackberry

Taste - sweet strawberry, sweet cherry. Taste is quite different from the nose. Low-medium acidity, thin, no noteworthy oak. This is cola sweet, smooth, lack complexity, but easy drinking. A touch of bitterness and minerals hitting mid palette, but mostly overwhelmed by sweet notes.

If you can’t find barefoot in China, this will do. 69/100

2/29/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

Red mountain wineries don't typically grow or produce Pinot Noirs as the climate is not conducive for this varietal. Kiona did a fruit trade with Bjornson and made this interesting blend of Pinot noir and Lemberger (and a tiny amount of Cabernet Sauvignon). Lemberger is a red grape of central Europe, grown in places like the Czech Republic, Serbia, Austria, Germany. It is not commonly grown in US, let alone at red mountain.

So Kiona decided to pair it with some Oregon Pinot and make a Washington Pinot noir - Lemberger. I'm game. The 1% Cabernet Sauvignon is interesting, but at such small volume, it's kind of hard to tell it's effects.

246 cases, 13.7% ABV, 43% new french oak, barrelled for 18 months. More winemaking details in the info card.

Pale ruby color, tangy red cherries on the nose.

You taste the fruit forward fresh Oregon Pinot noir on the front. Medium acidity, tangy red fruit, cherry and pomagranite. As it develops on the palette, the Lemberger comes through. A little grapefruit, a little bitterness, astringency. Rounded out by some french oak on the back.

Interesting grape that goes surprisingly well with the Pinot. On the other hand, it doesn't have that great tangy fruit linger-on-the-tongue flavors of great Pinot noir.

2/28/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

2019 Estate Red Mountain Heart of the Hill Cabernet Sauvignon. 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petite Sirah, 5% Carmenere, 2% Merlot. 100% estate from heart of the hill. 15.5% ABV. 55% new french oak and 8.5% new American oak.

Deep purple color. scent of rain off forest floor and blueberries.

A strong wine. High alcohol, deep purple color. Nose with a strong funk. Front hits with funky blueberry, immediately followed by strong oak. Only 8.5% American oak, but it feels like more. But the intensity of the wine can handle the oak. It needs some time to integrate. Very masculine wine.

92/100

2/28/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

At Kiona winery, Red Mountain, WA.

Color - pale ruby almost pinkish.

Nose - funky grapefruit, background raspberry.

Taste - medium acidity. Grapefruit, astringent. Kind of the tangy side of Pinot. Interesting grape I don't have too much experience with.

Not bad.

2/28/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

At kiona vineyards tasting room. 2021 Estate Red Mountain Sangiovese. 91% Sangiovese, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Merlot, 3% Syrah. Mostly from the "ranch at the end of the road, north side of red mountain.

Color - Pink / pale ruby.

Nose - strawberry,

Taste - strawberry, raisin. Dry at first, turning acidic and a little sweetness at the end. Lightly oaked on the back, including 7% new American oak. Fruit pairing dramatically changed the sense of sweetness in the wine.

89/100

2/28/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

2020 Hedges Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Bordeaux blend (80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 5% Malbec, 3% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot, 1% Syrah)

Labelled as a Cabernet Sauvignon, but this is closer to a left bank cab dominant Bordeaux blend.

Color - deep purple.

Nose - Washington cab typical black fruit, blackberry, cedar, allspice, cinnamon.

Taste - blackberries, cedar, blueberries unfolding mid palate, ending with pepper, cedar, oak.

2/28/2024 - novocane wrote:

2021 Hedges red mountain blend. 39.54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29.91% Merlot, 19.08 Cabernet Franc, 4.77% Malbec, 3.30% Syrah, 2.66% Petit verdot, 0.37% Souzao, 0.37% Touriga.

This blend has a little bit of everything!

Color - medium ruby.

Nose - red fruit, strawberry, cherry pomegranate. Medium acidity hitting the tongue and expressing into component fruits with medium sweetness emerging mid palate. Cinnamon, citrus peel, pepper and oak sweeping up the back.

This is a nice easy drinking blend, with the pepper intensity of red mountain and a little sweetness.

2/28/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

Tasting at Hedges winery. 100% Syrah, 14.5% ABV. Bella Villa vineyard, Red Mountain AVA, WA.

Color - deep ruby. More intense than prior years.

Nose - blueberry, earth, forest floor.

Taste - astringent blueberries hit the tongue and with higher alcohol causes some watering. Flavors and a little sweetness of blueberries unfold on the tongue. Younger oak hits the back with pepper and cleanses. It's not fully integrated, but this wine has potential to develop nicely.

2/28/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

Tasting at Hedges winery. 100% Syrah, 13.5% ABV. Bella Villa vineyard, Red Mountain AVA, WA.

Color - medium ruby. A little darker than previous years.

Nose - black fruit, earth funk, spice

Taste - blueberries and pomagranite. Still a bit tart, but noticeably sweeter than prior years. Little cinnamon and then peppery oak at the finish. Lingering on tongue for 15-20 secs.

2/28/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

Tasting at Hedges winery. 100% Syrah, 13.5% ABV. Bella Villa vineyard, Red Mountain AVA, WA.

Color - Medium ruby

Nose - blueberry and blackberry with a little earthy funk.

Taste - front of dry tart early blueberries, astringent, graduating on the tongue to slightly sweeter blueberries, as notes of oak emerge.

2/28/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

Tasting at Hedges winery. 100% Syrah, 14% ABV. Bella Villa vineyard, Red Mountain AVA, WA.

Color - medium pale ruby. Lovely color.

Nose - sour red cherry, secondary scents of peach and a little hints of oak.

Taste - strong acidity hits your tongue, sour cherry with a little blackberry, dry wine, graduating to sour and spicy notes with peppery oak and astringency lingering on the tongue.

2/28/2024 - novocane Likes this wine:

Tasting at Hedges winery. 100% Syrah, 13.5% ABV. Bella Villa vineyard, Red Mountain, WA.

Medium ruby color. Young looking even at 8 years.

Nose of tangy fresh blueberries.

Front - summer blueberry pie, graduating to a tangy blurberry with light notes of agrumes, grapefruit, peppery oak finishing out the back. Kind of bourbon ish fumes on tongue a good 20-30 seconds.

2/15/2024 - novocane wrote:

At “the barn” tasting room. Poured chilled. $110/btl at tasting room.

Pink rose colored, young and vibrant. Nose grapefruit, lilac, sea spray.

Taste - sharp crisp acidity at front and middle. Start of lemon, with floral undercurrents and a touch of black olive. Grapefruit lingering on the tongue.

A nice fresh rose, but similarly good rose can be had for 1/5th of the price. It’s not Napa - but carries a similar outrageous California tax.

2/10/2024 - novocane wrote:

At Caprice in Hong Kong. Part of lunch pairing.

2018 Vincent Dureuil-Janthial Rully Blanc. Delightful Bourgogne Blanc from Rully. 6 years of age.

Delightful pale yellow, showing touch of aging. Nose of agrumes and saline, ocean spray. Medium acidity on front, developing to candied lemon and mandarin, trailing with a touch of oak, touch of peppermint and long mineral finish.

Delightful and drinking well now. Going to buy some bottles of this one.

7/25/2023 - novocane wrote:

Tasted at winery. Chilled.

Light straw color. Nose of agrumes, saline, thyme.

Taste of lemon, thyme, very light honey. Bit of mid palate complexity.

Light & refreshing and great value.

7/25/2023 - novocane wrote:

Tasted at Domaine Drouhin (Oregon)

Dark ruby.

Nose of early red cherry, little ocean spray.

Taste of cherries, medium acidity, dry. Saline and peat mid palette, little blueberry, medium oak on back.

91/100

7/25/2023 - novocane Likes this wine:

Tasted at Domaine Drouhin (Oregon). A blend of select estate barrels.

Medium ruby.

Nose of cherries, salt spray.

Taste of intense cherries, touch of peat, graduate to saline mid palette, blending with some astringent oak at the end.

7/25/2023 - novocane wrote:

Tasted at Domaine Drouhin (Oregon). Maranges 1re Cru, from south end of cotes de beaunes. A definite contrast vs the elegant Domaine Drouhin origine, poured prior.

Dark ruby. Nose of dark fruit, with a touch of barn floor and smoke.

Taste of black cherries, peat, barn floor, touch of spice, sanguine, lingering smoke. Dry.

Should develop with age.

90/100

7/25/2023 - novocane wrote:

Tasted at Domaine Drouhin (Oregon). Destemmed and from the oldest estate grapes (34 years). 20% oak.

Light ruby.

Nose of cherries.

Taste of red cherries, touch of raspberries, a little iron, hint of spice. Elegant wine.

93/100

7/25/2023 - novocane wrote:

Tasted at Domaine Drouhin (Oregon).

Medium to dark straw color.

Nose of florals and lemon.

Taste of agrumes, medium acidity, saline, touch of balanced oak. Lovely.

7/25/2023 - novocane wrote:

Tasted at domaine. Chilled.

Color of light straw.

Nose of meadow flowers, saline.

Taste mellons, agrume, little salt mid palate, balanced oak.

91/100

7/8/2023 - novocane Likes this wine:

Bonnes Mares at the north end of Chambolle Musigny with a small section crossing the boundary into Morey Saint Denis. Magnien’s source is entirely in MSD.

Brought this bottle to a restaurant on a warm summer night, the sommelier opened clean. Pop and pour. The wine was delightful from the first pour.

Medium purple into garnet. Entering its drinking window.

Scent of fresh cherries.

Cherries, tobacco, light smoke, whole cluster. No oak to speak of. Well balanced acidity. Everyone at the table came back for more, and the bottle did not last long.

7/1/2023 - novocane Likes this wine:

From ex 2022 ex chateau release. With bbq. Opened clean. A little decanting in the bottle, poured after 20 mins or so.

Deep garnet color. Fine sediment even in the first glass.

Nose of strong blueberry and wet earthy smell.

Taste - dry, raspberry, pomegranate, tobacco, little green, tangy. Oak well integrated. Keeps you coming back.

6/24/2023 - novocane wrote:

A collaboration between Kelley Fox (of Kelley Fox wines) and Jim Anderson (of Patricia Green Cellars). Label says made by wolves above Newberg, OR

Tasting note:

At restaurant, with Oysters, Kalbi Ribs and Ling cod. Patricia green estate old vines on the wine list. Waiter opened clean. Pop and pour. Cork has faint pink stain.

Color blue/ruby. Could pass for a pinot noir, but just a little tiny bit of blue.

Nose of intense fresh blueberries. Smells a bit like a fresh blueberry pie. Blueberry notes is a pretty typical descriptor on pinot noirs; here it really is blueberry. Secondary notes of anise, cinnamon.

Front - dry pinot noir like initially, with acidity and then underlying blueberry flavors at the middle lingering to the back. Flavors staying on the tongue a good 15-20s. Little bit of grapefruit and orange peel tertiary tastes.

Interesting wine and curious to see how it ages.

91/100

6/17/2023 - novocane wrote:

At Peruvian restaurant. This is a bottle of bonnes mares from Moillard-Grivot, who has a facility and retail shop in the middle of nuits Saint George. I did a tasting in March, and when they were willing to open their Bonnes Mares for tasting, I couldn’t say no. Negoce or not, it’s delicious juice and doing well about now. I guess it worked, as I ended up buying some.

13.5% ABV

Sommelier opened clean.

Ruby red, with just a touch of brick.

Nose - red currant, raspberry, secondary notes of forest floor, menthol, cedar.

Taste, front of cherry, pomegranate, middle graduating to grapefruit, saline, grapefruit peel,

Back - Unami, sea salt, smoky; staying on the tongue a good 30s.

Delicious 96/100

6/13/2023 - novocane wrote:

Not a great wine.

Bichot must have just dumped the juice that wasn’t good enough for their other wines. Tart, underripe, green, bitter. Some notes of agrumes, green oranges, jalapeño. Not fond of it, we’ll see if it’s any better on day 2.

Update: not better on 2nd day, nor third, nor fourth….

6/9/2023 - novocane Likes this wine:

Drinking well. Surprised the prior notes are so low.

Servee chilled on a warm spring evening outside.

Slightly orange color. Great acidity, agrumes, minerality and lasts on the tongue a good 10-15 seconds.

6/3/2023 - novocane Likes this wine:

Tasting note.

With DOC Italian pizza on a warm spring evening.

Pulled the bottle from cellar. PNP at restaurant, opened clean by waiter.

Wine has just started bricking. Medium Garnet.

Initially on the nose, blue fruit. Initially taste is a bit sour, agrumes with some blue fruit. But evolves after about 10 mins opened. Becomes less sour, more dry and Smokey.

After 90 mins opened, nose of early cherries, black currants with a little tobacco.

Front of cherries, cranberries, graduating with smoky notes, tobacco at the mid palate. Hit by that American oak on the back, though a bit more integrated than a young tondonia.

91/100

5/24/2023 - novocane Likes this wine:

Purchased at tasting in Oregon. Newish producer Sun Break, these grapes sourced from Cortell-Rose vineyard. https://sunbreakwinecider.com/wine/

Dijon and Pommard clones, whole cluster.
12.9% ABV

Opened clean. Notes after ~1 hour decant in the bottle.

Lovely ruby red.

Nose of fresh red cherries, moss, wet forest floor, grape stems, perhaps a touch of salt spray.

Taste. Cherries, pomegranate, graduating to well structured middle. The whole cluster impact is there with a bit of forest floor, cooking spice, and subtle saline towards the back. The back is gentle and lingering on the tongue for a good 20-30 seconds with good acidity, charcoal, salted caramel.

Looking to see how this one ages.

5/6/2023 - novocane wrote:

With 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, this is a strong cab dominant left bank, perhaps moreso than normal.

Bottle opened clean. Dark cherries, blackberries and blueberries on the nose. Poured into decanter and did a bit of a power decant. Then let it sit for 45 mins or so. Paired with bbq ribeye. First of the season.

Color is a medium ruby.

From the first sip I was impressed. Fine tannins, medium acid, medium body. Dark tart fruit, leather, tobacco, cocao. Oak is there but integrated. Lingering in the mouth. Pulling you back for more.

First growth quality.

95/100

4/29/2023 - novocane wrote:

Tasting note:

Acquired by recommendation at local wine shop and brought to wood fire pizza restaurant next door in Seattle. A bargain at $20.

I generally tend to pinot noirs, but haven’t had too many from Loire.

Cork was already dried out and server broke it opening, but got it out clean.

Very bright red, a folie rouge, kind of Beaujolais nouveau.

Nose of fresh cherries, perhaps some agrumes.

Taste of citrus, fresh cherries, sweet tarts, tart raspberries, with a little toasted oak on the back. A little thin, not a complex wine, but perfect for what it is, paired with DOC Italian pizza.

Best served chilled.

89/100.

4/5/2023 - novocane Likes this wine:

At winery.

Ruby red.

Fresh cherries. Well structured. Whole cluster. Medium oak.

4/5/2023 - novocane wrote:

At winery.

Ruby red.

Fresh cherries on the nose. Red cherries, raspberries. Good acidity and pronounced oak.

4/5/2023 - novocane wrote:

At winery.

Ruby red.

Nose cherries. A well structured Pinot, tending to blueberries on the front, little cinnamon, oak and spice on the back. Needs 5 years lying down.

4/5/2023 - novocane wrote:

Ruby red.

Nose, black fruits, forest floor.

Different from many or the other pgc 2019s. Tending to a pommard. More structured and a bit more extracted. Medium oak finishing it. This one needs to lie down a bit and calm down.

4/5/2023 - novocane wrote:

At winery.

Nose red cherries, with some blackberries hiding behind. Taste of tangy pomegranate, blackberries with pretty strong oak overpowering the fruit at the back.

4/5/2023 - novocane wrote:

At winery.

Ruby red.

Nose of tangy cherries, pomegranate. Cherries and red fruit on the front, with oak stopping the back. Lasts on tongue 5-10 seconds.

4/5/2023 - novocane wrote:

At winery.

Ruby red.

Nose of cherries. Taste fresh tangy cherries, sweet tarts with chalk and oak on the back.

4/5/2023 - novocane wrote:

At winery.

Ruby red

Nose - blueberry, honey a little floral.

Taste - cherry with secondary blueberries, minerality, good acidity. Fair oak on the back combined with minerals. Lasting on the tongue.