2017 Felton Road Pinot Noir Calvert

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  11/12/2022 - honest bob wrote: 92 Points

  From 75cl screwcap, opened but not decanted 1 hour. This is first-rate and at peak maturity. Scent: smoke, spice, consommée, umami, soy sauce, freshly harvested cepes. Palate: deep rich dark-red fruit, but light-bodied, almost weightless. Worth every cent of the 47 EUR paid, a beautiful, luminous, vibrant PN. fcxj rated this 92P here on 02.02.2022, which seems entirely fair to me, but the accompanying TN text makes me wonder: "stands up to good quality Burgundy village". Doubt there’s much Bourgogne villages at this quality level… more like 1er cru CdN (Morey, perhaps?)—and from an outstanding producer. Worth noting the early maturity. Drink up while it's this good, before it starts turning brown and losing its vibrancy. 92-93P

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  5/10/2022 - Burgundynick Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Winetasting @romaintaupenot #taupenotmerme #moreysaintdenis 2014 this is drinking superbly a lovely balance between red fruits and forest floor. Palate has red plums, cherry, strawberries and raspberries with a gentle acidity and oak spice and is, to be frank, bloody lovely
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  @domaine_michel_lafarge #volnay #vendagesselectionees 2014 very young with some grippy tannins, but plenty of fruit to make it accessible now, but I'm laying the other 5 bottles for 10 years.
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  @domaine_de_l_arlot #nuitstgeorges 2013. Just starting to hit its stride. Dark red fruits and some earthiness. Smooth tannins and lots of fruit, in a few years this will be stunning
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  @frommwinery #cuveeh 2015. Their first vintage of this new cuvée and what a delicious wine. A little smokiness, savoury red cherry and a little soy sauce. A touch lighter than the burgundies but a beautifully balanced wine and certainly has a few more years to develop
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  @feltonroad #calvert 2017 An absolute wonderful nose of red cherry, spicey cloves, a little smoke. This is such a lovely drinking wine right now a real delight for a #pinotlover

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  2/2/2022 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points

  Surprisingly good and stands up to good quality Burgundy village.

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  3/21/2020 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Classic NZ nose. Lots of sweet plums and cherries. More darker fruits at this stage. Super fresh, crisp and vibrant. Smooth and elegant. No noticeable alcohol or tannins. Better on second day.

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  9/19/2019 - Frijole wrote:

  medium plum burgundy red, little clarity, silver hue
  Nose: plum, blueberry, minerals, chocolate, Earl Grey tea, white pepper, cola, cinnamon, cigar, tobacco, dust, oak
  Pal: plum, blueberry, strawberry, minerals, chocolate, Earl Gray team white pepper, silver, cola, cinnamon, tobacco, cigar, wet earth, dirt, oak
  Feel: medium, full, savory
  Finish: medium, long
  T9 (could be an 8)

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