March 23, 2024 - Deep concentrated color and perfectly clear.
Nose is cherries, rhubarb, touch of cola, and clean earth.
Palate is round and juicy and confirms nose. Incredibly profound, integrated and balanced. Mouth coating mid palate with welcome minerality.
One of my favorite Pinots so far this year. I immediately started shopping for more. If I had tasted this blind, it would have fooled me easily. It's just so Burgundian.
November 30, 2023 - This is nice. Quite complex. Red fruit, floral. Some forest notes. Somewhat short finish is the only mild gripe. Feels like it will be better in a few years, which is a shame as this is my last bottle. Have stoppered and will revisit tomorrow.
October 18, 2023 - Amazing Pinot. Heavier than others. Ready to drink now.
June 5, 2023 - Absolutely a gem of a red wine. Blackcurrants, strawberry jam, hay. Usually I decant, but drank this straight from the bottle. Good qpr as well and a very good rival to much more expensive Burgundy wines.
December 16, 2022 - Notes of cocoa powder, pure fruit, lean, notes of cherries, chiseled acidic backbone and taut tannins.
December 9, 2022 - Fantastic nose of coca cola, ripe red berries, green herbs and hints of vanilla. Taste of red berries, earthy notes and a long aftertaste of licorice. Drinking perfectly right now.
July 31, 2022 - Very nice Pinot
I know that Jim C was known for very expressive and fruited wines but this Pinot clearly looks to Burgundy with restraint, some cranberry and citrus but not overly earthy. Definitely not Syrah in a Pinot bottle. Really pretty
April 16, 2022 - Excellent pinot, light and fruity.
January 13, 2022 - Don't hold.
December 1, 2021 - Wow what an amazing Pinot. Pours to a ripe red color in glass. Decantered for 30 mins, delicious rich red fruit aromas pop right at you. Flavors of tart cherry, raspberry with a deep complexity of other red fruits are everywhere in this wine. Med tannins from a med style semi fruit forward wine. This is one to buy a case and drink happily. Not sure why the bottle weighs a ton, but as long as the wine is great who cares.