Winery - Notre Vin
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There’s a beautiful wine in this Cabernet blend, which was grown at the foot of Howell Mountain. But it’s not showing its best now. Just too tannic, and the fruity flavors are all primary and unintegrated with the new oak barrels. With a wealth of raspberries, cherries and currants, it should begin to come into its own after 2013.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a unique Pinot Noir, different from almost everything else out there. Sourced from a vineyard in the Petaluma Gap region (perhaps a future AVA), it’s bone dry, moderate in alcohol, and tannic. It has lighter, leaner flavors than most Pinots, with the fruit accompanied by herbs, minerals, flowers and mushrooms. Fans of super-fruity Pinots will find it unrich, but Burgundy lovers may think of Pommard. It will be fascinating to track this wine’s progress.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Although this Cab is nearly seven years old, it’s still hard and tough in tannins, and the tart acidity suggests it will remain unbalanced for the rest of its life. If you can get past the sharpness, it has dry flavors of blackberries, cherries and currants.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
At the age of nearly five years, this Cab still is curiously tough in tannins, even for Howell Mountain. That interferes with the enjoyment. Shows a good heart of blackberries, but it’s a gamble whether the fierceness ever will age out.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A very rich blush wine made from the same Cabernet grapes that go into the winery’s expensive dry table wine. It’s silky and wonderfully crisp, with deep flavors of raspberries, rose petals and vanilla spice. Wonderful with mushroom risotto, or with little puff pastry appetizers.
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Notre Vin Rosé - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Mostly Cabernet, with a small percentage of the other Bordeaux varieties, this is a very rich, dramatically layered wine. It’s notable for both its intensely smooth tannins and the lush fruit, which suggests waves of raspberries, cherries, red currants, licorice, rose petals and oak, courtesy of 100% new French barrels. Yet there’s an underlying minerality that gives firmness and grounding. Feels ultrarich on the palate now, and should ride out the next decade with ease.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tough in acids and tannins, with a gritty mouthfeel. Although the blackberry, black currant and cedar flavors are very rich and pure, the wine’s aggressiveness interferes with its enjoyment. Doesn’t seem likely to improve with age.
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