Wine Club 2 - Pinot Noirs - May 2009

2005 Pessagno--Spring Grove Vineyards / 14.7% alcohol / San Benito County, Salinas, Cal
2006 Tolosa--Tolosa Winery / 13.8% alcohol / San Luis Obispo, Cal
2007 Poppy--Poppy Winery / 13.5% alcohol / King City, Cal
2005 Bourgogne Cuv'ee Margot---Oliver LeFlaive Vineyard / 13.0% alcohol / Burgundy, France
2007 Big Fire--R. Stewart & Co Vineyards / 13.55% alcohol / McMinnville, Oregon
2007 Vin Dillon (777) Vin Dillon Wines / 12.6% alcohol / Willamette Valley, Eugene, Oregon

Larger Bottles - We could not find an expensive bottle of Pinot Noir so we went with 2 moderately priced bottles.

We tasted the 2006 bottle of the Pessago 14.7% ($18.00) and then the 2005 bottle 14.4% which cost $25.00 and found that there was a considerable difference in the two years. the 2005 which cost more was much better!

2005 Pessagno--Spring Grove Vineyards / 14.4% alcohol / San Benito County, Salinas, Cal
2006 Roco---Dundee Wine Co., Rollin Soles Winemaker /14.5% alcohol / Willamette Valley, Dunpee, Oregon ($40.00)