Kutch, McDougall Ranch Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast

Preliminary day 1 thoughts are that this is an impressive Pinot with and imposing structure that needs cellar time and/or a good decant to fully appreciate. Darker fruits, substantial but very fine tannins, balanced wine with a long satisfying finish. Very well made. Time will tell if it can reach its potential, but it seems to be there. 92+(+?).

Cru Wines Trade Tasting (Disco Pantera, Sydney) : Earthy, savoury, dark cherry fruit, plum, sweet spice; oak dialled back. Juicy, tangy, cherry fruit, powdery tannins, silky , long, tannins in charge, okay.

Onklers August 23 BYO; 8/26/2023-8/27/2023 (Sindre) : Last wotn, no written notes to be found.

opened it way too early, i am an amateur but i could tell this is very high quality wine, the tase right now was very one note cricket berry wish i had cellared that bottle another 5 yehars atleast, dont dare to buy another because of the price

Kutch Verticals--Trout Gulch, McDougall and Falstaff : Vertical (non-blind) of McDougall, 2010 -2021. We did not taste the 2011 (no one owned it) nor 2014 and 2018 (stupid COVID forced the owners to have to miss the tasting) and the 2021 was a tank sample that Jamie pulled for us and shipped down for the tasting (being bottled next week so it's the final composition). Purplish rose in color. Raspberry and blueberry flavors with the zippy acidity of 2020, along …