Notes from last nights tasting at my house.

All blind as normal.





SOLIHULL FINE WINE SOCIETY 9th. OCTOBER 2007



Pinot Noir at Weston Close






1) Amisfield, Otago, 2005. Personal
Import

http://www.amisfield.co.nz/



Deep red, bright, viscous, a damson and raspberry nose, good entry and
balance, a little coarse at the end



2) Chapeldown, Kent, 2005 At the door,
£12.99

Almost a deep rose, simple pinot nose, jam and pepper, soft fruit, a summer
wine. Not bad for the UK





3) Bourgorgne Rouge, Lecheneaut, 2003 Ballantynes £8

Pale brick, wonderful, ****pot pinot, vegetal, elegant, wonderful balance,
spicy fruit, long. My 2nd WOTN. ( we have drunk this over the last 6 months
and it has never failed to impress, I have two cases of the 2005 on order)





4) Pommard Clos de Lambots Girardin 1996 £25

Sparklimg and bright, no age. gentle raspberry nose with some cinnamon.
Pity, drying out on the palate with little fruit, over the hill



5) Nuit S Georges, Les Vancrains, Gouges 1996 £25

Brick red with no age, a classic pinot nose, complex fruit and spice, soft
entry and a little austere. will it improve? Mixed opinions round the table
on this one.



6) Clos Vougeot, Rene Engel, 1996 £30

Badly corked

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7) Felton Road Otago 2005 WS £19

Deep brick, a wonderful classic nose, quite scented, a wonderful balance
and complexity, finished very long. A draw for WOTN

8) Gevrey-Chambertin, Aux Combottes, Dujac WS £49

2000

Pale brick, no age, an ethereal complex vegetal nose, reflected in its soft
fruit and balance, this is what good burgundy is all about. Shares WOTN with
the Felton Road which many thought was a premier cru burg.

9) Ocio, Cono Sur, Chile 2005 WS £ 30

Portlike, huge extract, is this syrah?, everyone thought this was a ringer
despite my reassurances. A very strange nose, fruit++ spice++, massive fruit
on entry,and tannins. a big wine but atypical.

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Well the NZ are giving the Frogs a run for their money, makes up for last
Saturday,
--
John T