2007 St. Innocent Pinot Noir White Rose Vineyard
Community Tasting Note
rocknroller wrote:
Saturday, August 12, 2017 - An Unintended Birthday Dinner (Margaux's Table, White Bear Lake, MN): Medium red color. PNP, drank 1+ glass over 2 hours plus. I try to only open one of these every 8 or 9 months. And every time I open one, I shiver a bit thinking it won't live up to my expectations. I might get past that someday. This would turn out to be the best of many incredible bottles. Clearly the evolution continues. This simply has a stunning nose, I can't recall anything that has the complicated, lifted spice tones that are here. It dances across the olfactory sense and plays games with your mind. I just get giddy even thinking about it now. The floral spice box mixed with such light and pure red berry and cherry notes on the nose and palate are divine. Featherweight and elegant, this has the forest floor, leather, and brightness on top of a silky texture and continual waves on the finish. Mesmerizingly ethereal for me. 96+ to 97pts.
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Comment posted by rmcbrayer:
8/15/2017 1:47:00 PM - Thanks for continuing to trade notes about this. We're opening up one bottle a year, probably this fall, and will report back.
Comment posted by rocknroller:
8/15/2017 2:39:00 PM - Can't wait to hear your thoughts and experience on the next bottle. I found this last bottle to be particularly profound. Certainly one of, if not the best, pinots I've had. Right there with the best I've had from Burgundy.