91+ The 2014 Domaine Drouhin regular bottling of pinot noir is a lovely bottle, offering up a ripe and complex nose of strawberries, cherries, a touch of beetroot, lovely spice tones, a fine base of soil, fresh thyme and...
91+ The 2014 Domaine Drouhin regular bottling of pinot noir is a lovely bottle, offering up a ripe and complex nose of strawberries, cherries, a touch of beetroot, lovely spice tones, a fine base of soil, fresh thyme and cedary wood. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and still fairly youthful, with a nicely sappy core of fruit, fine-grained tannins, good acids and fine length and grip on the primary finish. This wine is 14.1 percent octane and could use a year or two in bottle to absorb its new wood, as the tannins are not yet completely integrated, but the wine is well-balanced and will be superb once it has had a chance to blossom with cellaring.