Community Tasting Note

Mossrose wrote:

Monday, January 28, 2019 - This German Pinot Noir was served double blind beside the 2006 Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir. The Evensdad is no patsy trying to make the German look better. Instead it is the wine that Domaine Serene repeatedly tested in blind tastings against Grand Cru Burgundies, that routinely bested them. Both wines were opened a full day in advance, stored recorked in a refrigerator, and then served cool out of the refrigerator the next evening. And here by a near unanimous vote from 10 serious wine drinkers, the German Pinot was not only preferred, but also was a strong candidate for wine of the night, that was eminently ageworthy, deliciously fruity, well structured, concentrated, and elegant. The Ahr River Valley in Germany is the northern most wine appellation focusing on Pinot Noir. To appreciate how far top Ahr Pinots have improved, we have to go back about 45 years, when Ahr was infamous for making thin, battery-acid, masochistic Pinots, that no one thought would ever make great Pinot Noirs.

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