#96
Nicolas Jay
Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2014
It is Thursday night and spring has just sprung, thunder rolling in the background with a spring rain escorting in warmer weather for the weekend. Tonight I have chosen the 2014 Nicolas & Jay Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley. This wine was the #96 wine on Wine Spectators list of Top 100 for 2016.
The wine has a beautiful deep garnet color. The aromas are red fruit driven with notes of cranberry, strawberry, and raspberries that transition into nice clove and cola notes.
On the palate I get tart bing cherries, cranberry, plum, raspberry, black tea with herbal notes at mid palate ending with toasty oak and wet forest soil.
The wine is a medium bodied wine with rich medium smooth tannins and gives us ample medium + acidity that brings it all together. A nice fresh long finish that can be enjoyed any time with any food.
Let's all have a great start to the weekend and be safe doing it. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷🖒 — 7 years ago
"Odedi"
The Vice Wines The Millennial Batch #96 Multi Vintage, California
Dark purple in color with a wide purplish rim.
Sweet nose of blackberries, cooked plums, cedar, tobacco, vanilla, cola, licorice, chocolates, coffee, herbs and peppercorn.
Full bodied and smooth with medium acidity and long legs.
Very fruity on the palate with blackberries, black cherries, dried figs, vanilla, cola, cedar, chocolates, tobacco, spices, peppercorn and mocha.
Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.
This is a delicious Petite Sirah blend from Napa Valley. Showing nice complexity with a smooth mouthfeel.
Good right out of the bottle, and better after an hour of airtime, when tannins and structure come in.
Easy drinking and good for parties. Might be too fruity for some.
An interesting blend of 63% Petite Sirah (from Mount Veeder), 21% Malbec, 8% Primitivo, 7% Tempranillo and 1% Charbono. Aged in French oak barrels (29% new) for over a year. Only 720 cases made.
14.3% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$29. — a year ago