Lutum, Durell Vineyard Pinot Noir other_regions

Lutum, Durell Vineyard Pinot Noir other_regionsThe 2014 Pinot Noir Durell Vineyard is the most intense and powerful of the Lutum Pinot Noirs. Beams of tannin give the wine its super distinctive shape and size. Bright red and purplish hued fruits, smoke, tobacco, licorice, game and spices give the Durell an element of exoticism that is impossible to miss. Powerful and structured to the core, the 2014 is going to need at least a few years to come into its own. Antonio Galloni

Best from 2021 through 2038

I also noted that the use of oak was much more polished than in some recent vintages A Marc de Grazia Selection

Ready to go

Solid if not truly distinguished

The Cabernet Sauvignon savory notes are quite prominent

There is excellent richness to the solidly concentrated and well-detailed flavors that possess a sleek mouth feel despite the presence of plenty of taut muscularity

(exclusively from Les Grands Champs as Les Pluchots was recently replanted)

” quips Soter by way of explaining his green rows and organic methods

A Superblend is a mix of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon and 32% Shiraz

This is an excellent Volnay villages and one that is also highly recommended

(from En Gémeaux

They compare this 2015 with 2009 and 2005 in terms of style but with freshness in the style of 2001 and 2010