AJ | Clear, glowing scarlet. Another wild card: this somehow contrives to smell of basil and pesto. Not unpleasant .. indeed maybe the perfect Pinot for trofie al pesto alla genovese; but you can't quite call it a classic. Honestly not a great success on the palate: this has the same pesto character and is rather mechanical and coarse on the palate. Sorry.Drink Dates: 2024 - 2024. 82
AR | Medium ruby in colur, there's a sausagey / salami-like savoury oak aroma to this wine which follows through when you taste, overall savoury, probably bretty to be honest, and without any of the fruit fragrance or charm you should associate with pinot noir. The acidity here is off the scale; animal farm city.Drink Dates: 2024 - 2024. 82
DW | Spiced blackberry and cassis fruit and graphite and a hint of sweet oak; there's a lot of grainy tannin and lipsmacking cherryish acidity; almost Cab Franc-like in its upright acid-and-tannin structure, with some coffee-ish oak notes abiding on the finish which is more acid and oak than fruit.Drink Dates: 2024 - 2032. 88