Felton Road, Pinot Noir Calvert other_regions_italy You could drink this now

You could drink this now with food but there is still lots of life in it

Juicy and sweet

with vines grafted on rootstock because Baron expected phylloxera to arrive eventually

This will require at least some forbearance as it’s clearly constructed for the longer-term

(from Les Boirettes and Champ Jendreau)

Felton Road, Pinot Noir Calvert other_regions_italy You could drink this now(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