2005 Joseph Drouhin Laforet Bourgogne - imported by Dreyfus, Ashby & co., NY 12.5% ABV, screwcap, $19.00 at my favorite wineshop in Charleston, WV.
Varietally correct, good fruit, well resolved tannins, no nasty funk (or mushrooms or earth, for that matter) to detract from our pleasure. Fruit forward, not new world but maybe new French in character, a little more oak than I like but not overwhelmingly so. It's so difficult to find decent Pinot Noir I would buy this again, even at $19. Everything is more expensive in WV.
