2017 Big Basin Vineyards Pinot Noir Old Corral Estate Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 95 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View brigcampbell's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/15/2020 - brigcampbell wrote:

  Blind: I guess Pinot Noir from a cool climate but that was it.
  
  First let's get this out of the way, there's a quite a bit of stem and or oak at this point and it really needs to integrate for a couple more years because the red berries are soft and dainty, very tasty, but everything needs to come together and I'm sure it will. I'd like to taste this in 5 years.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Frank Murray III's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/15/2020 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  Wines Done Blind: I had this open for about 36 hours so it got good breathing time. When we tasted it on the first day, a few at the table (it was poured blind, although not to me) thought it was an older wine. Interesting remark, but as I think about it when tasting it on the second day being open, I can understand that sensory comment. There is a cigar leaf, tobacco note in the aromatic, perhaps from the stem inclusion or perhaps in part or attributable to the vineyard--not sure. A solid depth of spicy fruit with a tangy, herby dark cherry that carries with it some power (FYI...this is labeled just over 13%). A unique wine for me, with the tangy, kind of rustic charm.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.