WTN: Cowan Pieropan, Servin

With some lamb sausage I had forgotten to cook night before, with green beans and leftover caprese
2010 Cowan Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
Very sweet, cherry pie, almost has a Meiomi like RS character. I can’t get into this at all, But I refrigerate it overnight and next night served cool it seems to have lost the overt sweetness - it’s fruit sweet, not sugar sweet. Second night reminded me more of a Beaujolais than Cali PN. C on night 1, B/B- on night 2. I have no viable explanation other than my imperfect palate.

Lobster, tomato, and basil over spaghetti, broccoli on the side
2025 Pieropan Soave Classico
Floral, nectarine overlaid with lime blossoms and honeysuckle, hint of almond. Nice, but a little light for the dish, B

2023 Servin “les Clos”Chablis Grand Cru
Now this has body. Citrus, rocky minerals, pear. Deep and long, great complex finish. I’ve only been buying Servin recently, but moving to my top tier of Chablis. A-

Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C drinkable. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was the only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.

[Jenise]

The progression on the Cowan is interesting, but with that sweetness at the start that's less the next day when the rest of the wine catches up with that part, more in line with modestly aged Cali pinot than one 17 years out.

[David M. Bueker]

The Cowan Pinots were always a little weird. Now the Syrah is another story!

Nice notes.

Have you had the Mont de Milieu from Servin?

That's a very odd experience with that Cowan Pinot. I had my last bottle in 2019, at which point it was dark and savory, so very odd to hear about the confected quality of your bottle.

No, Patrick, most of my experience is with the AC Chablis (Pargues?) and the Montee de Tonnerre .
Mark, I have one more Sonoma and 1 2010 Bennett Valley PN. Am going to hold until I can drink with some wine geeks to see if it's me or the wine