Tried this last night w/ dinner:
1. Novy LeonMillot WillametteVlly/OR (13.6%) 2007: Dark color w/ some browning; rather earthy/dusty/sauvage slight volatile/EA some smokey/oak slight black cherry/Pinotish/herbal rather classic Siduri/oak quite interesting nose; rather tart spicy/cherry/black cherry/earthy rather Siduri/smokey/oak/charred bit coarse flavor w/ light tannins; long strong toasty/smokey/Siduri/oak slight black cherry/cherry/plummy/Pinotish biit herbal/rustic slight volatile/EA finish w/ light tannins; some like the Novy PinotMeunier but a bit more earthy/rustic.
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. LeonMillot is a French hybrid crossing developed at Colmar crossing another French hybrid w/ GoldRiesling. It was planted on a very cold north-facing slope of SheaVnyd (I think) where they didn't think Pinot would ripen.
I often find a kind of vinyl/vinyl trash can/plastic smell & taste in wines made from French/American hybrids. This wine did not taste at all like a French hybrid. More like a Pinot from the AltoAdige or Friuli more than anything. One of the best French hybrids I've ever tasted, in fact. The polyphenolics of French hybrids are often a little weird and thiis wine was showing considerable browning. But it had no oxidized character at all.
Tom