CAVE DES HAUTES CÔTES | Bourgogne | Pinot Noir | 2010
pinot noir

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The day has come for us to review a wine that originates from the most influential region the world of wine has ever known – France, and since we’ve decided to aim so high, why not raise the bar even higher, so we’ve decided that we could dare to review a wine from the crème de la crème region within France – Bourgogne, and the wine we’ve selected is not a regular one either – Pinot Noir 2010 from Cave des Hautes Côtes.

Let’s take a deeper look at the tasting notes and the wine’s review statistics:

Visual
The wine has a pure ruby color, very light and transparent, which tends to turn copper when played under direct light, with the rim-color of a very clear copper shade.

Olfactory
The nose is strong – pure and clean – with no signs of wine faults. The first nose brings an avalanche of red fruits – red cherry, cranberry, pomegranate, red apple, sour cherry and even raspberry, then come the secondary, even more fruit driven flavors of dried red cherry and red cherry jam.

Gustatory
The wine presents itself as being light and elegant – it is definitely dry, with no signs of residual sugar, with moderate alcohol content and high acidity. It has quite dry tannin, and here is where the magic comes out – it makes the wine taste a little bitter, a little seedy and a little savory. The overall balance is very good with a zesty and quite refreshing body.

Aftertaste
The wine has a long finish, a little less than expected, with a very smooth, velvety aftertaste – it tastes of french oak and wormwood – well, that’s exactly what the term ‘terroir’ is meant for.

This is definitely a fine Wine of France and the overall rating says the same, with 89.7 points scored it is right there, among the best wines we’ve tasted so far. Please click on the chart icon on the left in order to get to the wine rating page, where you can find all the wines we’ve tasted to date.

Last but not least, we do want to mention that this is a French pinot noir wine, grown in it’s native Bourgogne region, a region that dictates the trend for all the pinot noir wines of the world. Pinot noir grape itself is very difficult to grow, maintain and preserve, it is susceptible to weather and diseases, but when managed properly, its wines are an expression of terroir, and the wine we’ve reviewed today is a fine example of a classic, old world style pinot noir – fruit-forward nose and savory, seedy but refreshing palate. Yummy.

WineStatistics tasting results:

CAVE DES HAUTES CÔTES
Bourgogne | Pinot Noir | 2010

grape: | pinot noir |

region: France | Bourgogne

overall rating: | 89.7 |

conclusion: fine | highly recommended

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