Valle d'Aosta Pinot Noir

Old 2017

Earthy in the nose. Mineral, cranberry, strawberry. Dried roses. Would love to try a reserve/single vineyard version of this.

Honest Pinot that goes down easy. The finish isn’t long but I wasn’t complaining.

Delicate floral and strawberry notes, low tannin, good acid, short finish, sweet fruit and soft attack.

Interesting Pinot Noir from the extreme northern tip of Italy. High altitude and cooler climate. Fresher fruit than I expected. Quite round and perhaps lacking a bit of the earth / mushroom quality that I generally like. Fine grained tannins, smooth finish.

Proof

Beautiful pinot - all spice and pure strawberry fruit. Fresh. Not much in the way of structure, but really quaffable. Reminds me of Sexton Applejack in red fruit purity. Buy.

palate expander type of wine for me. light in both color and body for a pinot, and much more austere and raw than fruit forward. wine evolved quite a bit as it opened up and the dominant flavor profile i got was straw. fun bottle.

Transcendent. Delicate, perfectly balanced.

Yurm