2013 Beaux Frères Pinot Noir The Upper Terrace

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  5/14/2023 - OenoEd Likes this wine: 93 Points

  In a perfect place right now. Cellar stored since release, PNP. Sweet ripe black cherry core, with loamy earth, black licorice, and mushroom notes. Clean, nothing off, great palate penetration. 40 second finish. In texture, tannins and and weight, more like Echezaux than Pommard. This is probably as good as it gets, drink before 2029. Great tonight paired with tamarind, date, and coffee spiced char grilled quail , and with veiny goat cheese to finish. Very pleased with Upper Terrace’s development , even if secondary flavors don’t ever match the beautiful primary fruit.

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  10/12/2021 - Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine:

  We put this up against a pommard clone dominated carneros Pinot that sells for less than half the price of BF and the cheaper wine beat this wine in a blind taste off from three Pinot drinkers. Unfortunately age has left his wine unbalanced. It’s still a decent wine but certainly past prime as the tannins didn’t hold up despite acidity being there.

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  8/20/2021 - willjoesq wrote: 93 Points

  Drinking really well.

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  8/8/2021 - Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine:

  Drinking beautifully here with nice acidity and tannic backbone that balances cool cherry fruit in the palate as it yields to garrique and minerals through the finish. Age may benefit this wine a touch if you prefer mature Pinot but to me is well balanced between youthful verve and the complexities that come with age.

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  12/2/2020 - Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drinks softly but benefits from 30 minutes to an hour of slow ox

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