TN: St Innocent Seven Springs 1994

St Innocent Seven Springs Pinot Noir 1994
For those of you who happen to be lucky enough to have some of this left in your cellar:
Still quite dark, deep garnet with little thinning of color. Lovely spicy nose of cedar, spices, leather and a bit of fruit. On the palate, luxurious spicy secondary flavours with a hint of fruit. Nice length.
Reminds me mostly of some very old and exceptional Burgundies tasted in Burgundy on several occasions. Blind, I would have thought a Grand Cru of about 25-30 years and a good vintage. My first thought was a Richebourg 1959 that I once had.
Still some life left but no reason to wait.
Exceptional
It is perhaps worth noting that this is materially darker than any old Burgundy other than a Grand Cru and it has a lovely spicy quality wrapped around a slightly acidic, corps of residual tannins so there is flavour and a bit of pucker on the palate. The more you concentrate, the more impressive the wine.
An object lesson in the idea that great wines from anywhere can age spectacularly.

Sounds great.

Not easy to replicate that experience at home.

But sounds great.

[Jenise]

Robert, what a great thing to read. I did have a bunch of that and can only regard with envy the fact that you hung onto some where I did not.

I still have one bottle of 94 Freedom Hill in my cellar, waiting for a proper occasion. I hope it's as good as your Seven Springs was!