2014 Friedrich Becker Becker Family Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  11/8/2023 - Aravind Asok wrote:

  Pop and pour. On the nose: solid fruit, some funk and soft spice. On the palate: lovely acidity; lighter-styled and ok finish. Solid daily drinker.

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  4/10/2022 - RPHC Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Initial nose of stewed cherries heavily supported by earthy notes. Whiff of browned basil. Some wilted flowers. The nose is quite complex and after about 35 minutes, floral tones ramp up as well as a smokey scent. Palate displays stewed cherries, sour cherries as well as fresh cherries. Contrary to what I've read, i'm not sensing any blue/black fruits. There's not a lot of density, which gives it a feminine, delicate quality - light and airy. The earthiness and age gives it a masculine one. I picture Uma Thurman (Black Mamba) in Kill Bill. After 8 years of sleep, what's left of the tannins are completely integrated. Light to medium force finish with medium to long length - there is a lingering spice trail, which is quite nice. *Weingut Friedrich Becker is an official VDP producer; out of their half dozen pinot noir offerings, i believe this is their basic. *The family has been growing grapes for 7 generations and only started bottling for themselves in 1973.

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  11/19/2021 - afields wrote:

  Very true to varietal with lots of funk on the nose, not really fruit driven but there’s blueberry and plum on the palate with fall spice too. M+ acid, M- body, mild tannins, a touch of alcohol heat. I would never have guessed German, it feels more like a cooler vineyard/vintage from Santa Barbara or maybe Bourgogne.
  
  Good for a $20 Pinot and drinking well now; I would drink in the next couple years as I don’t see this improving further.
  
  6.2/10

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  2/9/2021 - sid_loves_wine Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Like most Spatburgunders I've tried, it feels very "wild", less about ripe, cultivated fruit and more like the tart wild berries you find in the underbrush. Could be mistaken for a solid cool-vintage Bourgogne Rouge. Readily trades expressivity for complexity.
  
  The only drawback on the nose is that it's simply very shy, not "tight", just a natural whisper. What's there is very pretty: faint red mulberry or wild raspberry, subtly inlaid vanilla oak, tea leaves, and stony minerality of some sort.
  
  Palate is also all about the tart wild red berries and minerals. The tartness is a little bit out of balance- love high acid wines, but needed just a tiny bit more fruit/ripeness to balance it out.
  
  I wonder if this would have been better for my tastes a couple years /younger/ when the fruit was still keeping pace with the minerality, or simply showing a little more outwardly. Still, it's delicious, great for $20 by any standard.

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  1/20/2020 - wineshlub wrote: 90 Points

  Unscrewed and poured. Cherry aroma with prominent herbal sage notes. Clean cherry fruit up front, some sappiness and a hint of leather on the back end. Simple, but with a few twists, pure flavors, good backbone, excellent staying power. Solid.

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