Wine Tasting Notes
This particular bottling is from “T” block, the planting is over 30 years old, and the grapes are Clone 22 (a clone from Beaujolais) of Pinot Noir. While wines from different blocks of Bien Nacido certainly have their own unique personalities, like different children from the same families, there are a few traits that I see in my wines that seem to be fairly consistent from this vineyard. Though in varying levels, I consistently notice flavors that are smokey, gamey, spicy, with a bloody meat/game quality combined with a richness and depth that is never for the faint of heart. While this wine certainly satisfies the above characteristics, there is also a real floral and perfumey femininity that makes it enchantingly sexy. It continues to amaze me how many people still say that they dont like Pinot Noir because they feel it is “too light”. I dare them to try this wine and make that statement.