>] This is only my second NZ pinot, and I guess I missed these other posts.
>Are you suggesting a weedy, bell pepper flavor? I've tasted this in
inexpensive
>] Washington Merlots, but the top ones are excellent.

>Tom,
>
>"weedy" is a pretty good adjective, weak and stemmy perhaps. Sometimes
>there is a lack of concentrated fruit, but in certain hands they can be
>tightened up considerably,
>producing a most unpleasant result. I >rarely find young vines produce a wine
that's very long in the mouth.


Thanks Emery. I think young vines is a problem in many Oregon Pinots (simple,
one-dimensional). I'll have to try more of the NZ product.

Tom Schellberg

>producing a most unpleasant result. I rarely
>find young vines produce a wine that's very long in the mouth.