Comments on: Three of Brian Loring’s 14 Pinot Noirs http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/06/14/three-of-brian-lorings-14-pinot-noirs/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:43:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Thomas Pellechia http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/06/14/three-of-brian-lorings-14-pinot-noirs/comment-page-1/#comment-88324 Thomas Pellechia Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:48:18 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/06/14/three-of-brian-lorings-14-pinot-noirs/#comment-88324 Ah well, I'm easily more tempted by a lean style of Pinot Noir, with a hint of tufted velvet mouth feel and strawberry-like tight fruit. But I've been living in the Finger Lakes for 25 years; what do you expect of me??? Ah well, I’m easily more tempted by a lean style of Pinot Noir, with a hint of tufted velvet mouth feel and strawberry-like tight fruit. But I’ve been living in the Finger Lakes for 25 years; what do you expect of me???

]]> By: Fredric Koeppel http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/06/14/three-of-brian-lorings-14-pinot-noirs/comment-page-1/#comment-88105 Fredric Koeppel Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:43:22 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/06/14/three-of-brian-lorings-14-pinot-noirs/#comment-88105 yeah, I know, and I'm a big fan of elegance myself, but I think these wines strike a balance, a rather risky balance, perhaps, between burgundian elegance and california power. and beside, haven't we all tried even classically proportioned examples of burgundy and felt ravished by their purity and authority? The '98s were like that out of the barrel. yeah, I know, and I’m a big fan of elegance myself, but I think these wines strike a balance, a rather risky balance, perhaps, between burgundian elegance and california power. and beside, haven’t we all tried even classically proportioned examples of burgundy and felt ravished by their purity and authority? The ’98s were like that out of the barrel.

]]> By: Thomas Pellechia http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/06/14/three-of-brian-lorings-14-pinot-noirs/comment-page-1/#comment-88078 Thomas Pellechia Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:31:22 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/06/14/three-of-brian-lorings-14-pinot-noirs/#comment-88078 Fredric, those descriptions sound an awful lot like warm climate Cabernet Sauvignon attributes. I know Loring's philosophy and he makes good on his promises, but plums, ravishing density, and licorice from Pinot Noir? How about elegance instead? Fredric, those descriptions sound an awful lot like warm climate Cabernet Sauvignon attributes.

I know Loring’s philosophy and he makes good on his promises, but plums, ravishing density, and licorice from Pinot Noir? How about elegance instead?

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