2006 Errazuriz Wild Ferment Pinot Noir 14.5%
As I was opening this, I was thinking "whatever possessed me to buy a pinot with 14.5% alcohol?" Of course, it was the wild ferment. Wild thing, you make my heart sing! Well, not always. Cherry jam and lots of tar charge up my nostrils, like anti-matter plasma up the port and starboard nacelles of the Enterprise. Acidity is there, but seems a bit unnatural, like it's in a separate room. Fruit is serious, body is chunky, finish is on the short and bitter side. Lesson of the evening: no use being virtuous about your yeasts if you sin all the way to the confessional.