Semi blind tasting flight of 6. Blind for the rest of our group. 2014 DuMol Finn, 2009 Jaboulet Chapelle, 1988 Sandrone Cannubi, 1999 Tignanello, 2014 Cos d'Estournel and 2017 Penfold St Henri
Full of fruity, meaty, flowery notes, a touch of acetone. To my taste, a bit generic and heavy this time. Not an obvious PN, Dense but not big. Good balance but maybe the fruit is a bit too much. My previous bottle seemed more elegant. The gorup's no 1 red of the flight by a thin margin.
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Clear garnet. Nose was medium expressive with secondary notes. Lovely balance with medium long finish. At this stage in its life drink it against village cru burgundies. I enjoyed with fresh troll caught king salmon.
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This is a really nice pinot noir. Opened two hours before dinner. The nose is all fruit with hints of spice. The palate is blackberry, cherry, plum, a little bramble with a hint of spices leading to a moderately long finish.
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5/22/23 Sunday. Soft cork broke in half. Deeply stained end I typically see in other grape varieties. No bouquet as of yet. Soft wine but not played out. But offset by nice mouth feel earth and some kind of mushroom scent in glass. Magenta color, almost dirty is the word that comes to mind. Lighter at rim. Not deeply colored but also not indicative of a weaker wine. This is the Finn signature flavor. Expected a little more flavor from fruit, but wine into secondary flavors. Having with charcuterie of my own making. CT currently has this at the end of its life but this is wonderfully evolved, and the signature Finn flavor is now coming out with almost one hours glass time. This wine needs time to open up. Once it does it reveals its essential flavors. Next day the wine was softer and didn't hold up like I hoped. The Finn flavors were present very nicely day me but receded day two. In my experience most single vineyard pinots last at least ten years and peak but not this one. The secondary flavors however were decent and true to the Finn pedigree. Not the best Finn showing but worth consuming upon opening. Drink now.
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This is a really nice pinot. Opened two hours before dinner. The nose is all fruit with hints of spice. The palate is blackberry, cherry, plum with a hint of spice leading to a moderately long finish.
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5/9/2024 - Mascarello59 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Semi blind tasting flight of 6. Blind for the rest of our group.
2014 DuMol Finn, 2009 Jaboulet Chapelle, 1988 Sandrone Cannubi, 1999 Tignanello, 2014 Cos d'Estournel and 2017 Penfold St Henri
Full of fruity, meaty, flowery notes, a touch of acetone. To my taste, a bit generic and heavy this time. Not an obvious PN, Dense but not big. Good balance but maybe the fruit is a bit too much. My previous bottle seemed more elegant. The gorup's no 1 red of the flight by a thin margin.
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3/6/2024 - jaumealaska Likes this wine: 92 Points
Clear garnet. Nose was medium expressive with secondary notes. Lovely balance with medium long finish. At this stage in its life drink it against village cru burgundies. I enjoyed with fresh troll caught king salmon.
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7/12/2023 - markcic Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is a really nice pinot noir. Opened two hours before dinner. The nose is all fruit with hints of spice. The palate is blackberry, cherry, plum, a little bramble with a hint of spices leading to a moderately long finish.
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5/21/2023 - pmarlo Likes this wine: 91 Points
5/22/23 Sunday. Soft cork broke in half. Deeply stained end I typically see in other grape varieties. No bouquet as of yet. Soft wine but not played out. But offset by nice mouth feel earth and some kind of mushroom scent in glass. Magenta color, almost dirty is the word that comes to mind. Lighter at rim. Not deeply colored but also not indicative of a weaker wine. This is the Finn signature flavor. Expected a little more flavor from fruit, but wine into secondary flavors. Having with charcuterie of my own making. CT currently has this at the end of its life but this is wonderfully evolved, and the signature Finn flavor is now coming out with almost one hours glass time.
This wine needs time to open up. Once it does it reveals its essential flavors.
Next day the wine was softer and didn't hold up like I hoped. The Finn flavors were present very nicely day me but receded day two. In my experience most single vineyard pinots last at least ten years and peak but not this one. The secondary flavors however were decent and true to the Finn pedigree. Not the best Finn showing but worth consuming upon opening. Drink now.
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12/7/2022 - markcic wrote: 93 Points
This is a really nice pinot. Opened two hours before dinner. The nose is all fruit with hints of spice. The palate is blackberry, cherry, plum with a hint of spice leading to a moderately long finish.
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