2019 Marie-Thérèse Chappaz Grain Pinot Les Esserts

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  11/15/2021 - forceberry wrote: 86 Points

  100% biodynamically farmed Pinot Noir from the Les Esserts parcel in the limestone-rich Charrat vineyard - the original parcel from which Marie-Thérèse started to make her own wines. 14% alcohol.
  
  Moderately deep and relatively little translucent blackish-ruby red color. Dark-toned, solar and quite sweetish nose with ripe aromas of almost marmaladey black raspberries and slightly wizened black cherries, some plummy tones, a little bit of sweet figgy fruit, light meaty notes, a toasty hint of sweet oak spice, a boozy touch of alcohol and a whiff of licorice. The wine is rich, juicy and eminently ripe on the palate with a rather full body and slightly sweetish, solar flavors of succulent dark berries, some toasty oak spice, a little bit of licorice, light cherry marmalade tones, a hint of mocha and a touch of dark plum. The noticeable ripeness extends to the rather soft structure of the wine, a result of only medium acidity and quite gentle, fine-grained tannins. The finish is rich, gently grippy and juicy with long, sweetly-fruited flavors of cherry marmalade and blackberry jam, some chocolatey notes of mocha oak, light strawberry nuances, a hint of licorice and a touch of dark, plummy fruit.
  
  A quite substantial and noticeably ripe Pinot Noir that is more about sweet, solar fruit than freshness, elegance and precision. The somewhat noticeable oak influence has yet to integrate with the fruit, making the wine come across as rather modern and polished, only accentuating the sweeter elements in the fruit department. Although pleasant and fully enjoyable, I can't say I'm particularly enamored with this style of Pinot Noir - this is just too ripe, soft and sweetly-fruited for my preference.

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