The ‘07 Avonlea PN was outstanding. Vosne spice nose and palate with a bit of Gevrey meatiness on the palate. Needed every bit of the decant/2+ hours air. Kept gaining with air over the entire evening. Aging well, better than either ‘03 or ‘04 and a rival to the ‘05.
I once blinded my experienced Burg group on the ‘03 & ‘04 at the end of a Leroy NSG dinner. The Wyncroft PN’s scored in the same range as Allots, Lavieres and Vignerondes. All tasters thought they were burgundies.
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Opened by Mark. 4th time I have had this wine. It was much more rustic and earthy this time around compared to when I last had it 5 years ago. Still showing well with a more Burgundian profile than new world. 88-89 points.
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I so want to love this wine from the wildly fruit floral nose, but the acids are too out of balance and a overt softness is hollowing out the middle. All of this could resolve - not out of type for Pinot - but not delivering pleasure now.
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I was a bit startled by this wine. It's good. Orange-to-red color. Sweet cherries, talcum, and toasted spices on the nose. Racy acidity on the palate. with cranberry and a softness that makes it pleasant. This wine shows a lot of possibility for the future.
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This is one of those not-really-fair-to-rate-it-now wines. Decanted about an hour. The wine is evolving in the glass from an orangy-red color to something more of a deep red. It started seeming like an off-balance Oregon pinot. Now it's showing a lot more depth. Minerality and talc on the nose with racy acidity on the palate. Cranberry seems like the right fruit descriptor. I want to leave this wine laid down for another year or two, and thenm let it decant 3 or 4 hours before drinking.
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Blind Pinot Noir Dinner (Chateau VinoMe): Served blind alongside 6 other Pinots. 2nd time I have had this wine in the last month. When I had it in March I thought that it needed some additional time in bottle. This wine was the youngest wine in the lineup by far. However, I wanted Otis and Anwar to try this wine (particularly in a blind lineup) so I opened it now. Splash decanted it about 1 hour before the dinner and put it back into the bottle. Light clear color. Notes of raspberry and cranberry which was a dead giveaway to me that this wine was the Wyncroft. I tasted those same notes in March and they are very prevalent in young Wyncroft Pinot but turn into heavier red fruit notes with age. This came in last in the voting but everyone agreed that this was not out of place in the lineup. 89-90 points.
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2010 Wyncroft Winery Visit; 3/25/2010-3/26/2010 (Wyncroft Winery, Buchanon, Michigan): 2nd time I have had this wine. 1st was a a barrel sample at the winery in 2008. Two years later this has reached the potential I suspected back then. Sadly Jim is sold out of this wine last week; but, he had a case set aside for tastings and agreed to sell my friend and I 3 bottles out of it. 2007 provided great growing conditions in Southwest Michigan. The only concern came with some September remnant hurricane rain but some dry weather thereafter helped. This Pinot is all about finesse and is Burgundian in style. Firm acid at present and little more time in bottle will help. Notes of black cherry, wild berries and light oak. Medium bodied wine with a pleasant tart finish. 90 points.
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Jim Lester pulled a barrel sample of this wine for us over the weekend. My first taste of his 2007 Pinot. This looks like it is going to be and outstanding vintage. 2007 had very good weather which allowed the fruit to ripen. The wine has been in barrel for only 9 months but is already showing excellent structure. Garnet red color and slightly clowdy at present. As with most of Jim's Pinots from barrel, this was showing cranberry notes although my experience is that this turns into darker red fruit with full aging and after some time in bottle. A little spritz also showed in the wine. Very pretty profile for being so young with notes of mixed berry to go with the cranberry I mentioned. Look for this to improve and it could approach the 2005. 88-90+ points.
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11/24/2022 - Gridrocker wrote: 92 Points
The ‘07 Avonlea PN was outstanding. Vosne spice nose and palate with a bit of Gevrey meatiness on the palate. Needed every bit of the decant/2+ hours air. Kept gaining with air over the entire evening. Aging well, better than either ‘03 or ‘04 and a rival to the ‘05.
I once blinded my experienced Burg group on the ‘03 & ‘04 at the end of a Leroy NSG dinner. The Wyncroft PN’s scored in the same range as Allots, Lavieres and Vignerondes. All tasters thought they were burgundies.
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5/3/2015 - mnoljo wrote: 89 Points
A very enjoyable Pinot
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5/2/2015 - Vino Me wrote: 88 Points
Opened by Mark. 4th time I have had this wine. It was much more rustic and earthy this time around compared to when I last had it 5 years ago. Still showing well with a more Burgundian profile than new world. 88-89 points.
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11/30/2012 - AndrewSGHall wrote:
I so want to love this wine from the wildly fruit floral nose, but the acids are too out of balance and a overt softness is hollowing out the middle. All of this could resolve - not out of type for Pinot - but not delivering pleasure now.
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9/21/2011 - Lobonick wrote: 86 Points
Beautiful on the nose and way too acidic on the palate. Shows possibility.
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9/10/2011 - Lobonick wrote: 86 Points
I was a bit startled by this wine. It's good. Orange-to-red color. Sweet cherries, talcum, and toasted spices on the nose. Racy acidity on the palate. with cranberry and a softness that makes it pleasant. This wine shows a lot of possibility for the future.
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8/9/2011 - Lobonick wrote: 82 Points
Kind of a weird sweetness on the nose. Acidic and earthy on the palate. Drinkable.
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3/21/2011 - Lobonick wrote: 86 Points
This is one of those not-really-fair-to-rate-it-now wines. Decanted about an hour. The wine is evolving in the glass from an orangy-red color to something more of a deep red. It started seeming like an off-balance Oregon pinot. Now it's showing a lot more depth. Minerality and talc on the nose with racy acidity on the palate. Cranberry seems like the right fruit descriptor. I want to leave this wine laid down for another year or two, and thenm let it decant 3 or 4 hours before drinking.
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4/14/2010 - Vino Me wrote: 89 Points
Blind Pinot Noir Dinner (Chateau VinoMe): Served blind alongside 6 other Pinots. 2nd time I have had this wine in the last month. When I had it in March I thought that it needed some additional time in bottle. This wine was the youngest wine in the lineup by far. However, I wanted Otis and Anwar to try this wine (particularly in a blind lineup) so I opened it now. Splash decanted it about 1 hour before the dinner and put it back into the bottle. Light clear color. Notes of raspberry and cranberry which was a dead giveaway to me that this wine was the Wyncroft. I tasted those same notes in March and they are very prevalent in young Wyncroft Pinot but turn into heavier red fruit notes with age. This came in last in the voting but everyone agreed that this was not out of place in the lineup. 89-90 points.
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3/26/2010 - Vino Me wrote: 90 Points
2010 Wyncroft Winery Visit; 3/25/2010-3/26/2010 (Wyncroft Winery, Buchanon, Michigan): 2nd time I have had this wine. 1st was a a barrel sample at the winery in 2008. Two years later this has reached the potential I suspected back then. Sadly Jim is sold out of this wine last week; but, he had a case set aside for tastings and agreed to sell my friend and I 3 bottles out of it. 2007 provided great growing conditions in Southwest Michigan. The only concern came with some September remnant hurricane rain but some dry weather thereafter helped. This Pinot is all about finesse and is Burgundian in style. Firm acid at present and little more time in bottle will help. Notes of black cherry, wild berries and light oak. Medium bodied wine with a pleasant tart finish. 90 points.
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7/14/2008 - Vino Me wrote: 89 Points
Jim Lester pulled a barrel sample of this wine for us over the weekend. My first taste of his 2007 Pinot. This looks like it is going to be and outstanding vintage. 2007 had very good weather which allowed the fruit to ripen. The wine has been in barrel for only 9 months but is already showing excellent structure. Garnet red color and slightly clowdy at present. As with most of Jim's Pinots from barrel, this was showing cranberry notes although my experience is that this turns into darker red fruit with full aging and after some time in bottle. A little spritz also showed in the wine. Very pretty profile for being so young with notes of mixed berry to go with the cranberry I mentioned. Look for this to improve and it could approach the 2005. 88-90+ points.
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