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TASTING NOTE
Thorn Pinot Noir 777 2018
red wine
The wine has a very pleasant nose, filled with rose hips, raisins, cranberries, black currants, and hints of cedar wood and pepper. Also the flavor intensity is quite good. In the mouth the taste of rose hips and raisins returns, supplemented with red fruits, thyme, resin and a little black olive. With 14%, this wine is relatively high in alcohol but it lacks some tannin for that extra firmness. For that reason we do not recommend to keep it for ageing but to drink it now. All together a good to very good wine. The PQR however is not as good as some other Dutch pinot noir wines we reviewed.
Wijngoed Thorn
Limburg
Detailed Tasting Notes
Wine tasting: 26 Apr 2021
Appearance
A clear, garnet to tawny-colored wine with pale color intensity and some legs visible on the glass.
Nose
The wine has a clean nose, with medium- aroma intensity and youthful development. The aromas show characteristics of fruit, dried fruit and herbs. We smell rose hips, raisins, cranberries, black currants, and hints of cedar wood and pepper.
Palate
This pinot noir is a dry wine with medium acidity and medium+ alcohol (14%). The wine is medium-bodied and has a medium+ flavor intensity but is low in tannin. The finish is of medium length. The palate of the wine shows characteristics of fruit, dried fruit, and herbs. We taste flavors of rose hips, raisins, red currants, strawberries, thyme, resin and a little black olive.
Quality Assessment
Good to very good wine. The wine has a very pleasant nose but lacks some tannin for that extra firmness. For that reason we do not recommend to keep it for ageing but to drink it now. The PQR is not as good as some other Dutch pinot noir wines we reviewed.
Disclaimer: this wine was sponsored by Nederlandse Streekwijnen
Thorn Pinot Noir 777 2018
7.5
The wine has a very pleasant nose, filled with rose hips, raisins, cranberries, black currants, and hints of cedar wood and pepper. Also the flavor intensity is quite good. In the mouth the taste of rose hips and raisins returns, supplemented with red fruits, thyme, resin and a little black olive. With 14%, this wine is relatively high in alcohol but it lacks some tannin for that extra firmness. For that reason we do not recommend to keep it for ageing but to drink it now. All together a good to very good wine. The PQR however is not as good as some other Dutch pinot noir wines we reviewed.
Detailed Tasting Notes
Wine tasting: 26 Apr 2021
Appearance
A clear, garnet to tawny-colored wine with pale color intensity and some legs visible on the glass.
Nose
The wine has a clean nose, with medium- aroma intensity and youthful development. The aromas show characteristics of fruit, dried fruit and herbs. We smell rose hips, raisins, cranberries, black currants, and hints of cedar wood and pepper.
Palate
This pinot noir is a dry wine with medium acidity and medium+ alcohol (14%). The wine is medium-bodied and has a medium+ flavor intensity but is low in tannin. The finish is of medium length. The palate of the wine shows characteristics of fruit, dried fruit, and herbs. We taste flavors of rose hips, raisins, red currants, strawberries, thyme, resin and a little black olive.
Quality Assessment
Good to very good wine. The wine has a very pleasant nose but lacks some tannin for that extra firmness. For that reason we do not recommend to keep it for ageing but to drink it now. The PQR is not as good as some other Dutch pinot noir wines we reviewed.
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