AJ | Dark black-red, but with lots of full red and less scarlet than many ... This is an interesting variant. Lots of warmth and meaty fullness building the fruit here, which is any case is much less fragrant-cherry and raspberry than its peers. The result is very satisfying, almost secondary, using the oak very well, almost like an old-style Nuits. You might almost use the word 'hearty' here. Let's see what the palate is like .. Very full, glowing, softly fruity and resonant. Almost devoid of tannin, alas, and the acids are super-soft. The result is a lovely kick-back, rose-glow, ease-ball Pinot, friendly as you want. But for me it's inadequately gastronomic: you need a bit more edge and structure for that. Nonetheless a super-interesting wine.Drink Dates: 2024 - 2028. 90
AR | Medium dark ruby and showing some evolution in colour, this is pinot alright but with a distinct herbal tinge to the aromatics and when you taste, the first impressions n are more savoury and salty than fruity, and so quite demanding and very much in need of food; this initial impression is confirmed by the salty drying finish.Drink Dates: 2024 - 2026. 88
DW | Soft on entry, and just a tad soupy and unfocused in its fruit character, which has the quality of overrippe strawberries with a similar absence of lift and energy.Drink Dates: 2024 - 2030. 85