Joseph Drouhin, Bourgogne, Laforet Pinot Noir

Note: I use a scale on which 85 represents a very good wine. What a great bottle. Who knew? Great balance, fruit still present. no signs of age or deterioration. Not quite as good on Day 2, but so what?

2007 vintage

Ready to drink now. Very light fruity pinot with some hints of earth.

2007 vintage

Needs 30 minutes decant. Nice mineral flavor with some raspberry. Needs to be drank now.

2007 vintage

Consistent with my last note. Becoming softer in texture and persistence.

2007 vintage

Might have been a bit high at 89 a few years ago. Good, delicate food wine, and consistent notes, but I think more in the 86-88 range.

2007 vintage

Solidly made, ready now, with a pleasing ripe berry flavor, touch of minerality and earth. V. good entry level offering from Drouhin.

2007 vintage

Agree with Ucbeau, this wine performs considerably above it's price point, with delineated flavor, nice hit of rocky minerality and brisk acidity. Very food friendly and I think it will hold up and possibly improve over the next year or two.

2007 vintage

After having a severely mediocre bottle of this last year, I was extremely surprised to find a gem of a wine tonight. Lots of tart raspberry and red cherry, Bourgogne funk, and tense acidity. As it opened up, more ripe red fruits came out as well as an intriguing spicy note. The finish was clean and precise, leaving me rather surprised and pleased with this wine.

2007 vintage

Not a wow. More grassy than earthy. Thought would pair well with mushrooms but fell flat.

2007 vintage

I love this wine right out of the bottle. Great length on the tongue. The wine looks Garnet colored. The legs are Slow. The body is Light/Medium. The wine has Silky texture. The wine finishes Long. Changed my initial rating from 92 to 89.

2007 vintage

A little too passé. Oh well.

2001 vintage

simple and light but needs food to cut the acid

2007 vintage

Good food wine. Medium bodied Pinot . Slight fruit but good acid and tannins to accompany veal.

2007 vintage

pleasant, easy on the palate, light and fruity

2007 vintage

Simple. not great. May be worth $14

2007 vintage

Light burgundy. Much better after decant or serve the next day.

2007 vintage

Popped and poured. Restrained aromas of cloves and red fruit. Pleasant flavors of earth, chalk and dusty fruit. Lingering chalky finish. Restrained and a bit closed, but pleasant. This may open up over the evening, but even now it is a quite good entry level Burgundy at a great price. However, lovers of New World style Pinot Noir should avoid.

2007 vintage

Meh.

2007 vintage

Green pepper nose. Chocolate taste. Spicy.

2007 vintage

Same note as last time. Thought this time I vinturi'd one glass on the first night and saved the rest of the bottle for night two where it is much better.

2007 vintage

Light crimson in color with a watery appearance. Strawberry, raspberry, some vanilla and grass on the nose. really bright and acidic with strawberries again a little thin with chalk and dark chocolate on finish. medium body wine leaning to the acidic side

2007 vintage

Vinturi'd: Nose has a decent amount of red fruits on it, but on the palate, it is rather green / vegetable like. 82 points. Update: Night two saw a nice improvement with most of the green flavors no longer existent. Due to the improvement on night 2, I increased the score to 87. This needs a good decant.

2007 vintage

It could be me, but once again here is a value priced Burgundy that I just don't get. I tried it twice, once in a line up with several different varietals at a big tasting, and once, with a whole glass from a fresh bottle poured through the vinturi. My first impression, along side other wines, on the nose and the palate was medicine and industrial cleaner. Through the vinturi, things mellowed a lot, but still not much more beyond …

2007 vintage

I brought one of my bottles to a Greek byob restaurant. The waiter open it and I let it breath for 20 minutes before enjoying a great dinner. As a typical Pinot Noir, Vero had a medium body in the glass and light tannins in mouth. As we moved from appeteizers to the main course we noticed how the wine opened and became a bit more fruital and it went down really smooth. It was a great value for the …

2007 vintage

Light in color and body. Typical pinot aromas, nice acid, and finish. An okay bottle upon opening, but much better on day 2. Surprisingly good with crab cakes.

2007 vintage

Cherries and strawberries nice light not complex but a good simple wine but nothing profound.

2007 vintage

Light and not incredibly complex pinot

2007 vintage

Nice light bodied burgundy, would drink/ buy again.

2007 vintage

smagt på gekko i thisted. fin let bourgone - kan evt lagres i 4-6 år... bløde taninner der har potentiale. bør nydes let afkølet

2007 vintage

I found this to be a good value Burgundy (especially at the $13 Lot18 price), and while not changing my life, went great with our chicken Milanese, and continued to drink well afterward. Garnet in color. Nose of red fruit, smoke, mushroom, and manure. Raspberry and cranberry on the palate, with some well integrated oak spice and minerality balancing it out. Pretty light in body, but the spice notes help to give it a seemingly fuller mouthfeel. I think it's …

2007 vintage

Beginning bite then nuttin! French have nothing on Oregon Pinot.

2007 vintage

Expected more complexity.

2007 vintage

Simple lower end burgundy. Pleasant nose, but not much fruit on the palate, acidity and lacks dimension.

2007 vintage

Not nearly as interesting as the '09 white we had, but it's got proper pinot noir flavor with more flesh and lusciousness than you expect from the low end of a vintage like '07.

2007 vintage

Simple Pinot. Money better spent on a 2009 Bojo or a CA RRV Pinot.

2007 vintage

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2007 vintage

Very nice wine

2007 vintage

Translucent, very pale purple (perhaps ruby?). Some vanilla notes on the nose, but not overpowering. A little bit of candied cherry on the nose as well. Tart but quite flat throughout the taste. Definitely didn't fill the mouth. Some minerality became evident after the bottle had been open for awhile. But the minerality was generic, not pungent or interesting graphite or rock.

2007 vintage

Thin herbaceous, no finish

2001 vintage

Light pinot. Plesant cherries

2007 vintage

12.5% alcohol. Simple but pleasing Bourgogne. Light red color. Lovely nose of red cherry and minerals. In the mouth, elegant but with very pretty sour cherry fruit, bright acidity, and a solid finish. Excellent value. B+

2007 vintage

This is the reason a usualy dont spend my money on "cheap" burgundy. Thin but not very elegant. To some point it has a rustic charm - but it's just too green and tastes like it someone put freshly chopped herbs in it. I'm not impressed

2007 vintage

What I would expect from a French Pinot ... lighter than its American counterpart. Paired nicely, slightly chilled, with pork chops.

2007 vintage

Had the wine at Pinot's

2007 vintage

Light berry nose, palate soft, rounded with enjoyable fruit. Light dusty tannins with some acid present. May improve in the short term in the bottle. Better value than most in cheapie burgundy.

2007 vintage

off

2001 vintage

cooked

2001 vintage

Light red color, gentle wine with nice strawberry flavors and some hints of wet soil. Nothing spectacular, but excellent value for the price and a solid everyday wine with no major flaws.

2001 vintage

Very light reddish-ruby wine, very transparent. Light taste as well. We paired it with thai curry and rice, and found it to be a good match. Seems to have a subtle flavor and soft finish.

2001 vintage

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