As some of the Pinot grows on the well-drained, gravelly flanks of Graveyard Hill, there is a femininity and floral profusion atypical of Carneros that wends its way into the wine. The other fruit, sourced from the more clayey slopes of Mitsuko’s Vineyard provides the deeper bass and baritone notes more familiar to the connoisseur of Carneros Pinot Noir. A spray of cherry, licorice, strawberry and jam with svelte tannins and a lingering finish, this Pinot Noir will provide years of pleasure and improvement.
The 2005 Clos Pegase Pinot Noir is a wine of richness and intensity on the nose, while retaining great finesse and complexity on the palate. The wine shows blackberry, black cherry and plum fruit tones, with hints of violets, dried flowers, ground pepper and rhubarb. The palate is rounded, fleshy and opulent, with lush fruit and great length.
