A few weeks ago I took part in many Taste Live events surrounding the Napa Valley Film Fest. Over the course of 4 days I tasted a ton of great wines from Napa helping to celebrate the Film Fest from afar. I’ll always take a good excuse to drink in the middle of the day! One of my favorite wines from the event was the 2009 Saintsbury Carneros Lee Vineyard Pinot Noir. The 2009 is not yet released, but will retail for $45, clocks in at 14.5% alcohol by volume, and has a real cork closure. I took this with me to our weekly neighborhood BBQ and it was a huge hit there as well.
Four takeaways from this wine:
1.) I couldn’t ask for a better wine to drink mid-day on a Saturday. Or with my neighbor’s delicious seasoned pork on the bbq.
2.) Also consider this for your Christmas dinner celebration. Especially if you are serving a pork loin.
3.) The Pinot had all the herby, mushroom-y, and earthiness with bright red fruits that I love about Pinot.
4.) My neighbors adore when I have live tasting events, they totally benefit!
On the nose I found dried cherries, raspberries, herbs, spice, mushroom, and earth. This was a wine I definitely went back to after the tasting concluded because I really wanted to savor the aroma. The format of a TasteLive event doesn’t leave a lot of time for savoring, so a mid-day event is actually perfect for me, since it doesn’t leave me ending the event at 10 and looking desperately toward bed. In the mouth I got dried cherry, raspberry, herbs, earth, and pepper. The wine had great acidity and drank beautifully on its own and with food.
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