Felton Road, Pinot Noir Calvert other_regions youthfully austere and mineral-driven finish

youthfully austere and mineral-driven finish

There is a certain restraint to the cool and pure middle weight flavors that possess an attractive sense of underlying tension

Despite the reserve

very firm and hugely long finish

but I suspect that it will dissipate once the wine is racked for the bottling

Felton Road, Pinot Noir Calvert other_regions youthfully austere and mineral-driven finish(from a 2001 planting on deep silt soil that's not too different from Felton Road's Block 3; vinified with 22% whole clusters), Healthy medium red. Slightly darker and less open to inspection than the Bannockburn Pinot; more brooding on the nose but still more red fruit than black, with attractive floral spicy lift. A rather tight, youthfully compact wine with a strong element of spicy underbrush and modest sweetness to its dark raspberry and