Ain’t I am
a fan of shooting just released Pinot Noir down my gullet!? Not really! But today
it shalt be different. Why? Curiosity paired with a decent amount of desire for
Pinot! Curiosity – because I am not the biggest fan of Pinot Noir from the
Burgenland in the east of Austria
and desire – well, actually … non of your business! Anyway, great opportunity
to have another “Happening Now Tasting"! This time with Weingut Heinrich’s
– the famous one from Gols, the Gernot – Pinot noir Dorflagen 2012. The grape
material was hand-harvested in August 2012 from the biodynamic cultivated Ried
Goldberg and Ried Salzberg, spontaneously fermented in large oak tanks and aged
for eight months in used 500 l barrels. Last educational input for today: just
like its name - for German speakers, and the minusculed "noir", might
indicate: Entry Level Pinot - don't expect too much then!
6:07 pm
(just opened)
Colour:
crystal clear, super transparent, relatively dark red and almost glowing hue.
Just the way one might expect a young Pinot Noir. I guess ...
Nose:
Plenty of very ripe dark and tart cherries, a bit more than just a bit
raisin’ish (pretty typical for most of Burgenland Pinots), mildly incinerated
pastry, assorted herbs, hints of espresso chocolate and admittedly really
gentle smoke impressions. Right now, an overall typical nose with slightly
leaner and fresher seeming fragrances than I would’ve expected.
Taste:
First – not overpowered or jamy which is smoothing the way to a promising
Pinot! I hope! The taste seems to have plenty of slightly overripe
characteristics as well. Rather raisin’ish and dry dark cherry flavours, hints
of cedar, a few fresh plums, lively fresh herbs, very well proportionate sweet
and lean candied orange flavours straight to the end combined with a slightly
warming ethereal touch (alc. just 13%).Right now a surprisingly satisfying
Pinot Noir with typical characteristics and perhaps some more potential for the
coming hours ...
7:29 pm
Nose: Not a
lot of change, maybe a stronger tendency towards slight rubber and herbal spice
while retaining the previous impressions
Taste: Same
for the taste, still rather expressive, surprisingly decent and not as fat as
so many other Austrian Pinots, Right now maybe slightly more integrated and not
as wet behind its ears as it appeared one and a half hours ago in addition to
that perhaps a bit more spicy to the end.
9:06 pm
Nose: Still
a very stable and steady impression, the rubber tendency is diminishing, the
espresso choco is gaining ground and its herbal characteristics are leaning
towards more integration
Taste: The
lean and fresh Pinot structure is continuing to satisfy me with its delightful,
not elegant, liveliness, the acid seems to get more vigorous (in a gentle way)
and the already mentioned nasal choco-coffee characteristics are getting
stronger and stronger and this certain warming ethereal touch – as I’ve called
it earlier – is slightly, and luckily, degrading. The overall impression is
still very stable.
10:12 pm
Absolutely
no noteworthy changes over the past hour! Next update tomorrow …
12:39 am
Nose:
stronger tendencies towards a more dry-fruit’ish and raisin’ish character, the
herbal spiciness is getting a bit more peppery, the nose pattern seems a little
bit more blurred compared with yesterday’s nasal impressions.
Taste: Just
like the nose heralded: more dry and raisin’ish fruit aromas of dark cherries
and plums, a stronger coffee influence and a slightly stronger presence of
green’ish flavours. The nice and lively structure was still in sound.
In
conclusion: A distinct and typical warmer climate Pinot Noir with aromas of
dried fruits or even traces of slight heat stress without signs of overpowering
in different respects. The structure seemed light, fresh, well proportionate
and animating (admittedly: in its own particular way). Personally I am not really in favour
of dried fruit flavours in Pinot Noir. In this case the combination of
freshness / liveliness with a certain local heat stressed dryness worked out. I
really enjoyed drinking this decent **** and rather typical representative of
Burgenland Pinot Noir. Surprise: It was already a pleasure to consume this youngster.
Anyway, no need to hurry either …
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