2009 Ca' Di Frara Oltrepò Pavese Pinot Nero

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  3/9/2015 - Oh Dae-su wrote: 83 Points

  8:09 pm (popped and poured)
  Colour: slighty coke'ish hue, obvious indications of intermediate aging, however rather transparent and still mostly ruby
  Nose: mild and a bit thin appearing truck stop coffee, nougat, minor traces of Brussels sprouts, a hint of foliage, perhaps some mild juniper, hardly any fruit so far
  Taste: still alive – the most insight so far (wasn't sure after the sniffing), pretty fine acid, also rather thin coffee, no sprouts, very mild muddy earthiness, definitely juniper and far more present fruit – light dark cherry fruit; the structure is absolutely simple as well as very light-weighted, however rather balanced and definitely easy; so far no real issues with this one
  
  9:04 pm
  Nose: still pretty austere, brown-green'ish and already a bit geriatric – (over-)age it is getting more and more obvious; earthiness is gaining ground, a bit more smoke as well, besides that not so much of a change
  Taste: getting a bit more herbal imprinted, fruit is getting a certain touch of cola; perhaps on its descent, well at least no positive so far
  
  10:19 pm
  Nose: loosing power and character, some cabbage allures are arising; simply over the hill
  Taste: I guess the nose is a bit ahead, evo-wise; still a bit of live left, cherry fruit seems a bit too dehydrated and heat struck, the acid is getting more nervous and the earthiness seems more imbalanced'ly dusty and rough
  
  Let's keep it short and face reality: two or three years ago this one would have been more interesting - however still pretty simple. In the first hour there was still some appeal to this Pinot Noir, later this one chose a rapid descent of imbalanced boredom. Have it sooner after release or finish it off quick and you'll have an easy drinking, solid sola-la Pinot, perhaps a bit dull and not really mentionable one - but absolutely not a bad one ... just be a little bit faster than me.

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