1995 Beaux Freres Pinot Noir, Oregon

[wondersofwine]

Enoteca Vin Restaurant in Raleigh is running weekly specials of reserve wines being available in 3-oz. pours (generally only sold by the bottle.) I had dinner there Saturday and had 3-oz. pours of two of the $10 pours and one $15 pour plus dinner.

This was a $10 offering which I had with my entree of hanger steak medium, pommes frites (something like shoestring potatoes) and morel mushrooms.

Medium garnet or ruby color, somewhat transparent, quite viscous. Aromatic cherries and berries on the nose. Rich, lush fruits on the palate along with considerable pepper. Smooth and balanced. Tastes fresh and young 13 years after harvest. Nice with beef. In my opinion the morels were overcooked so I couldn't really say how the wine paired with the mushrooms. The peppery note was more noticeable without food--too peppery on its own. Not a fault with the food.

(This week the special reserve wines available are white and red Burgundies but I won't be going up this weekend since I'm attending a wine tasting at another Raleigh restaurant tonight with central Italian wines.)



[This message has been edited by wondersofwine (edited 06-25-2008).]