Delicate fruit, tobacco, spice more like burgundy than a pinot in my opinion. For the cost I expected more...
Delicate fruit, tobacco, spice more like burgundy than a pinot in my opinion. For the cost I expected more...
Sep 25th, 2017
Reviewers had called this a picture perfect pinot, from one of the district’s top producers. It’s all there–juicy red berries, some smoke and leather, a little earthiness, intense flavors, everything you want from a pinot noir. We had it with a pork and hominy stew on a wintry night and it killed. But I couldn’t stop asking, why Walker Bay? As long as I’m drinking premium-priced pinot, couldn’t I just get one from Santa Barbara or Burgundy, places where pinot is already renowned? Why is it unique? It just didn’t stand apart in the way of, say, that semillon we tasted from nearby Franschheok. #laterwine
Reviewers had called this a picture perfect pinot, from one of the district’s top producers. It’s all there–juicy red berries, some smoke and leather, a little earthiness, intense flavors, everything you want from a pinot noir. We had it with a pork and hominy stew on a wintry night and it killed. But I couldn’t stop asking, why Walker Bay? As long as I’m drinking premium-priced pinot, couldn’t I just get one from Santa Barbara or Burgundy, places where pinot is already renowned? Why is it unique? It just didn’t stand apart in the way of, say, that semillon we tasted from nearby Franschheok. #laterwine
Jun 27th, 2015
Walker Bay , Cape South Coast, Western Cape, South Africa
