Paying the cost of experimenting
I appreciate Mr. Szentesi’s experimental apporach which sometimes yields frenetic wines but somehow really rubbish wines also find their way to the market, and when they do they don’t come cheap! This Pinot Noir from 2008 was barely drinkable at start and hardly something Mr. Szentesi should be proud of 2 hours later. C’mon!
Categories: Szentesi Pincészet
Tags: Etyek-Buda, Pinot Noir
Comments: 2 Comments.
After reading this and having tasted this wine, I decided to open one of my bottles of 2008 Szentesi Pinot Noir and as I expected, I am not experiencing the same as you. This is good pinot noir. It’s light but with good fruit that is long on the finish. It’s no Chambertin but definitely up there with the regional AOC Bourgogne bottlings, putting it in the price range a couple steps up from the cheap mass produced pinot noir sometimes found. Maybe it is not your style but it’s completely inoffensive and not worthy of a “rubbish” or “barely drinkable” designation. I can only guess your bottle was corked?
Hi John,
I have sometimes a low tolerance for wine faults but I didn’t find this wine undoubtedly corked. That I found all St. Andrea Pinot Noirs, for instance, corked or seriously faulty is something to think about though. These wines are widely considered good Pinot Noirs too.
Anyway, I’ll try this wine again, perhaps in 2-3 years time.
