Sylvie Esmonin (Michel et Fille)
Côte de Nuits Villages Pinot Noir 2013
Nose of ripe raspberry, cherry preserves, rose pedal, nutmeg, black pepper, forrest floor.
Sour cherry, raspberry, spice. Pretty concentrated fruit with med- acidity and medium tannin. Pretty long on finish with black tea, oregeno, and woody earthiness.
Really good fruit concentration and phenolic ripeness. Tasty stuff. — 6 years ago
with Brooks
AJ Gubser
Nose of dried violet, fire roasted green bell pepper, earth, cherry, iron.
Raspberry, cherry, cranberry, and earth. Still great acidity with dusty, slightly astringent tannin. Love that lingering cranberry bitterness on the finish.
Wonderful stuff with all the classic Loire cab franc notes you know and love. Still a lot of structure there 10 years out. Could go longer to soften out and evolve. — 6 years ago