Pinot Noir – Page 31 – PALATE PRESS

By Train To Portugal: The European Wine Bloggers Conference

November 23, 2009

FCG, Food & Conversation, The Wine World, Wine Life

That bottle of Taittinger, wasn’t destined to last long so extracting a corkscrew from the new leather man-bag a rather pleasant Pinot Noir from Jadot (Les Climats, 2004 vintage) was cracked open to accompany the various tit-bits extracted from Waitrose.

2005 Wild Earth Pinot Noir

David Honig

November 18, 2009

Tasting Notes

Tart, fresh cherries and strawberries, smoked meat, and a hint of sea salt. There is also a sense of old velvet, a dusty musky earthy flavor coming mostly from dusty sweet tannins. A fairly tight streak of acid...

2007 Olson Ogden Pinot Noir

David Honig

November 6, 2009

Tasting Notes

The nose opens with lovely Pinot Noir aromas of red fruit, strawberries and cherry stones, with some sage, all with a light dusting of white pepper. The red fruits, sage, and a background of licorice grow from ...

2003 Deerfield Ranch Pinot Noir Jemrose Vineyard

David Honig

October 25, 2009

Tasting Notes

For a Pinot Noir, this wine is just huge, in my opinion too huge. Delicious and varietally correct pinot flavors of cherries, sage, cranberry and marjoram are shouldered aside by blueberries, vanilla, and choco...

2007 Viña Undurraga Sibaris Pinot Noir

Kathleen Rake

October 20, 2009

Tasting Notes

A bright ruby in my glass, this wine has typical varietal aromas on the nose, including raspberries, violets, forest floor and some spice. On the palate, there are more red berries, red fruit and a little bit o...

2007 Paraiso Vineyards Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands

Richard Auffrey

October 19, 2009

Tasting Notes

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This has long been one of my favorite, least expensive Pinot Noirs. It has rich fruit flavors, interesting spice notes and is fairly complex for the price. Plus, it has a moderately long and pleasant finish. It...

2005 BearBoat Pinot Noir

David Honig

October 14, 2009

Tasting Notes

The palate opens with a tsunami of unsweetened red fruit, cranberries and wild strawberries and cherries, along with some marjoram and sage. Some cocoa and black tea appear on the mid-palate. Tannins are firm a...

2006 Davis Bynum Pinot Noir

David Honig

October 10, 2009

Tasting Notes

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The flavors are typical of Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, not over-ripe or over-oaked, but with plenty of red fruit, barely ripe strawberries and cherry stones, and black tea. What really makes it stand out, ...

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