Kutch, McDougall Ranch Pinot Noir

Kutch, McDougall Ranch Pinot NoirLocated only about 5. 5km from the Pacific, this super cool vineyard sits at about 300m yet is the earliest to be picked, at the end of August. The deepest and most powerful Kutch Pinot, it shows layers of lively red fruit, mineral overtones, and a savoury spiciness.

Otherwise there is excellent freshness to the racy and nicely detailed flavors that possess a velvety mid-palate texture that contrasts somewhat with the crunchy and slightly rustic finale

Smoky reduction masks all but hints of cool citrus

(from Puligny fruit)

soy and tobacco flavors

Bitter cherries

Youthful and loaded with minerality and tannin

vibrant palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin

ripe black plums and warm cassis plus hints of tilled earth

plush and hauntingly beautiful wine with tremendous power

There is ample minerality suffusing the more powerful and appealingly textured flavors that also coat the mouth with dry extract while buffering the very firm but not hard tannic spine on the hugely long finish

unctuous flavors are lifted by amazing freshness

Produced the very first year that Bruno Borie took over management of the estate