2007 Ravines Pinot Noir, Finger Lakes - Printable Version +- WineBoard (https://www.wines.com/wineboard) +-- Forum: TASTING NOTES & WINE SPECIFIC FORUMS (https://www.wines.com/wineboard/forum-200.html) +--- Forum: Pinot Noir/Red Burgundy (https://www.wines.com/wineboard/forum-29.html) +--- Thread: 2007 Ravines Pinot Noir, Finger Lakes (/thread-6322.html) |
- TheEngineer - 09-15-2010 This is a pretty solid bottle. Very clean Pinot but perhaps a touch heavy in Oak. Tasted a sample of it only that had been opened for almost 5 hours. - Innkeeper - 09-16-2010 The only FL Pinot that has ever grabbed by attention is the lower priced Salmon Run Pinot Noir from Dr K Frank. - TheEngineer - 09-16-2010 I liked that one too! This one is a bit on the high side at $30 clappers - Thomas - 09-16-2010 Guys, if you can get your hands on Heron Hill's Reserve PN 2007, buy it. - TheEngineer - 09-17-2010 Thanks for the heads up! I remember when we all piled into KC's then brand new SUV and drove up to Heron Hill. Nice stuff. - Thomas - 09-17-2010 Engineer, That is among the best I've ever tasted in the region. 2007 was a good vintage. 2010 may be as good, if they don't screw it up! - TheEngineer - 09-18-2010 Did a quick wine-searcher search for it...easy find. Only sold in one place right now.... the winery. [img]/ubb/smile.gif[/img] Will be giving them a call in the AM. [img]/ubb/smile.gif[/img] I knew that the 07 vintage was great in the Niagara area but I didn't mentally extend that to the Finger lakes. Numnuts I am... As for Pinot's I bought a lot of 07 Le Clos Jordanne from the Boisset/Vincor winery up in the Niagara Bench. I've yet to pop one but should try soon. I left almost all of them up in Toronto. I have a few with me only. Would be interesting to try these two side by side as their vineyard sites were so very different. One is by a lake on a slope and one is up on a Bench quite a distance away from water but both sites are probably within 50 miles of each the as the crow flies. [This message has been edited by TheEngineer (edited 09-17-2010).] - Thomas - 09-18-2010 50 miles is quite a distance when you are talking about micro-climates. I had forgotten that the HH Pinot Noir is available only at the winery. They don't produce an awful lot of the stuff, which is probably another reason for its quality. I have some of their regular PN for 07, and while it is good, it isn't nearly as good as the Reserve version. Lucky me; my wife has been working in their tasting room part time during the tourist season for two seasons now, and she gets wine at a fine discount, which I cannot disclose. |