Patricia Green Balcombe Vineyard Pinot Noir Dundee Hills

The balcombe vineyard bottling is certainly the quintessential dundee hills pinot noir. Ever since its first bottling in 2000 this wine is all about how the texture and the flavor co-mingle to deliver the experience. This has an irresistible silky texture without being soft or cloying. The manner in which the flavors are delivered are the key component to this wines complexity. It is consistently floral on the nose with subtle elements of red-fruit and smoked meat. It has a sneaky ageability to it since it does have such an approachable-when-young nature to it but recent tastes of the 2001 and 2002 show those wines cruising along beautifully. Drink it for its lovely youthful nature or save it and it will be a delicious treat 10+ years into the future. Either way you cannot lose.