White Rose Estate Pinot Noir Viticulture Series - Growing Degree Days 2281

In the whole pantheon of White Rose wines crafted by Jesus Guillen, I have to place this somewhere in the middle. Pleasant to drink but lacking the ethereal qualities that characterize the best. Perhaps it is the ten-year old vines. How would it compare with the wine made from forty-year vines? I would never open two bottles at the same time for myself; perhaps I will open it next to compare.

The first to register a TN on this one: the final bottle of the degree day adventure, and I thought initially the least successful: straight out the bottle it was somewhat bland and uninteresting (or so I thought). Fortunately, upon returning the next day, it was completely transformed and invigorated; probably my palate to blame more than the wine. In the end I would probably rank it between the 2014 and 2015, with the 2017 slightly ahead of all of …