Château Des Charmes Estate Bottled Old Vines Pinot Noir 2011, VQA Niagara On The Lake
Critic Reviews (2)
Perhaps a difficult vintage for pinot noir but not so for healthy, established, confident old vines. From berries to...
Salty, astringent and a little volatile showing some oxidation as well. Regardless, there is good depth of flavour...
Community Reviews (1)
Into it's sixth year of evolution CdC's "old vines" Pinot is showing garnet in the glass. Fruit is in the red berry spectrum but fading. Beet notes as well. It's earthy with a sanguine minerality that leaves a salty impression. Tannins still persist. Quite hot with a sour/bitter finish. Not well balanced and seems to lack an overall finesse. At this stage I don't think there will be further integration, so drink em if you got em. 2012's are part of the next Vintages release - will be interesteing to compare. March 2017.