Three Pinot Noirs

This is our first official tasting notes. Ferdi has done a great job to get us going and contributions from other authors are coming up. - Frederick

1) Gevrey Chambertin (Au Velle), Denis Mortet 1995

Medium-to-slightly heavy body. Strong hint of pork meat after 30 min. Masculine. Quite powerful. After 2 hours, strong hint of smoky hickory flavor. Seems to be a good time to drink now and next few years. Could be good match with tomato-based pasta.

2) Latricieries Chambertin, Grand Cru, Faiveley 1995

Balanced. Less meaty than the Denis Mortet but more complex. Strong hint of black fruit and black currant. After 1 hr, complexity increases with a hint of cinnamon.

3) Sea Smoke "Ten" Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills 2004

Upfront, sweat, rounded. Simple tasting however with little evolvement over the next several hours. After 3 hours, a strong scent of sugar cane was developed. Powerful in terms of global pinot noir standard but quite balanced in the US pinot angle.

Ferdi