Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Monday, September 4, 2023 - 13,2% alcohol. Tasted blind.

Luminous and pretty translucent raspberry-red color with a youthful, subtly blueish hue. The nose feels fragrant, nuanced and wonderfully perfumed with slightly wild aromas of brambly raspberries, some zesty Chinotto notes, dried flowers and phenolic spicy tones that suggest a little bit of brett, light crunchy pomegranate tones, a hint of lingonberry, a lifted touch of ethery VA and a faint, dank and herby whiff of pot. The wine feels ripe, juicy and silky with a medium body and youthful, slightly sweet-toned flavors of black cherries and ripe raspberries, some tart lingonberry tones, a little bit of pomegranate juice, light primary nuances of red fruit jellies, bretty hints of slightly bitter phenolic spices and orange zest and a touch of wild strawberry. The overall feel is fresh, balanced and enjoyably sinewy, thanks to the high acidity and firm medium tannins. The finish is dry, juicy and slightly grippy with a long, berry-driven aftertaste of raspberries and red cherries, some gravelly mineral notes, a little bit of tart lingonberry, light bitter notes of phenolic spices, a hint of wild strawberry and a touch of savory earthiness.

A beautiful, wonderfully perfumed and very harmonious Cali Pinot that is very fresh, lithe and delicate despite the fruit ripeness that adds a slightly sweet-toned dimension to the bright red-fruited flavors of the wine. There's also a tiniest bit of brett here, but its aromatics are from the spicy-floral-zesty end of the spectrum, not from the funky animal-barnyard end, which only adds to the depth and complexity here. The overall feel is still very youthful and noticeably fruit-forward, but there's still so much to like here already now. I'd leave the wine for at least a few years more, although I'm sure this will age and improve for probably another decade or so. A superb and eminently attractive Cali Pinot that tastes like Cali Pinot and not, say, Burgundy, yet shows exactly that kind of freshness and precision one can expect from a classic red Burgundy. Fantastic stuff.

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