2019 de Négoce No. 70A Pinot Noir Red, Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Tasting Notes
Light to medium garnet in color, this tank sample smells of candied raspberries. In the mouth, bright raspberry pastille fruit is juicy and offers a hint of herbs. Excellent acidity. Very tasty. Score: around 9.
Specs
Vintage: 2019
Varietal: Pinot Noir, 67% Pommard, 33% Clone 115
Aging: 5% new French Oak, 10% second fill, 85% neutral French oak
Alcohol: 13.6%
2019 de Négoce No. 70B Pinot Noir Red, Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Tasting Notes
Light to medium garnet in the glass, this tank sample smells of raspberry and red currant. In the mouth, red currant and prickly pear jam flavors are bright and juicy. Fantastic acidity. Score: around 9.
Aging: 5% new French Oak, 15% second fill, 80% neutral French oak
Alcohol: 13.4%
2019 de Négoce No. 70C Pinot Noir Red, Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Tasting Notes
Light to medium garnet in color, this tank sample smells of raspberry and herbs. In the mouth, raspberry and sour cherry flavors have fleecier more muscular tannins than this wine’s peers. Nice acidity and length. Score: between 8.5 and 9.
Aging: 85% neutral French oak, 15% second fill French oak
Alcohol: 13.3%
2019 de Négoce No. 70D Pinot Noir Red, Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Tasting Notes
Light to medium garnet in color, this tank sample smells of juicy sour cherry and raspberry fruit. Wonderfully bright, mouthwatering acidity lingers long with citrus peel and a touch of watermelon. Pretty killer stuff I’d drink a bottle of in a heartbeat. Score: between 9 and 9.5.
As a negociant or wine trader, I’ve been sourcing and selling great wine from around the globe for over 20 years. My new de Négoce [day-NA-go-SHAY] platform offers you the opportunity to pre-purchase these wines before they go into the bottle. Known in the trade as En Primeur or futures, buying wine out of the barrel allows you to access pricing not seen since the 1970s.
Of course, none of this operates without the crucial ingredient of trust. And while the phrase “trust me” stands perhaps a little tarnished in today’s world, I ask for your trust and promise every wine will be as represented in the offer. - Cameron Hughes
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2019 de Négoce No. 70 Pinot Noir Collection
4 bottles for $69.99 $17.50/bottle + $2/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $199.99 $16.67/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
Sounds interesting, if you like raspberries.
Not a huge savings on a case for splits, or I could just get a 4-pack if there’s no split interest.
Any patter on WB as to what this may be?
@Winedavid49 Good morning. Sent you a couple of PMs as well support regarding damaged Daou rose shipment but no response. Can someone please get back to me? Thank you.
FWIW…from CellarTracker: 12/8/2020 - DAIRY CELLAR WROTE: OG N.70 2019 Chehalem Mountain Pinot Noir Blends A, B, C, D Pack 12-bottle case SHIPS LATE OCTOBER Price$192.00
So now about $8 more on Casemates. Best to check out all of the reviews from each blend. The ratings vary for the 4 blends. Some of the blends have consistent ratings, while the other blends show a variable range of ratings!
This may be a great educational offer if you want to bring people together to experience four different blends from the same vintner, then compare the results to what has already been stated in Cellar Tracker! The kicker though is that our palates are probably more variant than the actual blends! But drinking wine should be fun and enjoyable and what better way than with friends!
@Boatman72 At that time, shipping was $29 so pricing is definitely better here than on release. And the business model is for pricing to go up as it gets re-released. Nice job, WD!
Oh man. This one is right in my wheelhouse, being a Pinot, and giving me the opportunity to geek out really hard on tasting the differences between the clones. But I’m full-up at the moment, and SWMBO is unlikely to tolerate an expansion of the wine storage, especially for another case with “do not drink before” written on the side of it. I wish there were some way to buy it today and get it shipped to me in a year or two.
The WB notes are all 8-12 months old, at least at first look. Mostly positive with 70C seeming to be bringing up the rear. Cam posted this on WB March '21: “yeah, my last tasting was pretty disappointing on these as well. These wines have huge acidity which has to mellow a bit before they become expressive. Right now, they’re just babies under a low O2 transmission closure…best to hide these somewhere until maybe later this year but even better this time next year. They will come around though.” (that’s pretty common by the way with his wines. many of these are just bottled and patience is rewarded)
I bought a couple cases of these on release and agree with most of the comments already posted. Great value for very well made made Willamette pinot in a more restrained style. They need another year or two in bottle, that’s not to say they’re not good now, just that I think there’s larger upside to giving them some time. Also super fun to taste them horizontally with a group. I highly recommend at this price.
Initially I smelled cherry and something with a little more tang like rhubarb and my wife smelled cherry and cocoa.
Overall we both found the wine extremely light which makes me think we aren’t exactly Pinot Noir people but these even seems lighter then other Pinot Noir’s we’ve had.
Taste notes
I would describe the wine as light and acidic, no tannin/body with specific flavors including tart cherry and I believe the watermelon description above is spot on (my wife said yes because its light like water ).
My wife said acidic, low tannic wine with mainly cherry fruit and not a lot of complexity beyond.
I’ve had many of the de Negoce wines from here and wine beserkers and some have been very impressive (especially a few of the cabs) while a couple have not been great. This one wouldn’t be put in either category and I think it is a fine light sipper and I probably would be fine paying the $10-$20 range for a bottle of it.
sorry the pictures are not uploading right at the moment
2019 de Négoce Pinot Noir OG N.70 ‘Blend C’
Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon, 14.2% alc
Alice may not have known that Cam Hughes @ de Négoce has seen a lot of action from my credit card the past 2 years, but fortunately, this Willamette Valley pinot was not one of them!
I hope the fine print above goes into the history of this bottling, but here’s the summary from de Négoce: “An opportunity to explore four unique Pinot Noir clonal cuvees produced from a single-estate vineyard on Chehelem Mountain in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Each case comes with three bottles of each of four clonal cuvees, Blends, A, B, C and D (indicated on the labels). Bottled Sep 2021.”
I opened the bottle Monday evening for a light pour, and then recorked. Wine was bit tight. Good plan to let it rest until the next night with that extra air under the cork (or decant if not waiting).
Next night—
Appearance: Medium garnet with a touch of blue at the edges. Very clear. A typical color for Oregon Pinots and French Burgundy… light color does not mean light flavor.
Aromas: Nice barrel toast and ever so slight Burgundy-like funk, but just barely. Searing, sensual Pinot Noir aromas like red berries, dried cherries, hint of herbs.
Palate: Good grip of fine tannins and just-right acidity. Extremely balanced with a generously long finish. Black raspberry, ripe tart cherry. Surprisingly forward and complete; hits all parts of the palate. For my taste, it is “just French enough” in character and structure (that is a positive for me).
For education purposes, or just for fun, we (and you) would enjoy trying this alongside a Santa Barbara or Russian River pinots for their differences (although there are very good RR pinots that aren’t much different from this wine).
The wine is very young. My personal demon with de Négoce offers is that you sometimes get incredible juice at such a discount that you will tend to drink it all up long before it peaks. I guess it’s a good dilemma to have. You will not go wrong trying to save a couple of these for 10-15 years.
Seriously good bottle of wine! Finding no flaws for my taste and palate. Can’t wait to see the Casemates price point!
With VMP shipping this is a good $2 less per bottle (for a case) shipped, than the original DN Tranche 1 offer. More than that if you compare to Tranche 2 or DN Bottle Shop pricing. Heck of a good deal in my opinion.
@tercerowines Hi Larry… I still remember that great Grenache Blanc of yours. It was too bad that WCC couldn’t ship your stuff to Michigan! I just rechecked your website and see you make some small lot Pinot Noir from clones from Santa Rita Hills. With your “Rhone sensibility” makes me wonder if you break with the more common local style of jammy dark Pinots?
@baldwino0@tercerowines I tasted some of them last week with Larry. Not jammy. Expressive now but for my tastes I’d wait 3 years or so before opening all 4 together for an interesting tasting. You won’t be disappointed.
I bought this on release from deNegoce, and have only opened one bottle of Blend “D” so far, a couple of months back. It was absolutely gorgeous, and far more open the second day. Classic Willamette fruit with a touch of Burgundy thrown in for good measure. An insane value if you like high-quality Oregon Pinot. Buy it to cellar.
UPS delivered a mystery bottle on Monday afternoon, which was a rather chilly day here. Moved the bottle to the basement where it is a comfortable 60 degrees and 60 %IRH. Twenty-four hours later, +1 and I decided to see what was the surprise bottle. Turned out to be a 2019 de Negoce Pinot Noir, N. 70-B
In all fairness and full disclosure for this review, we do not drink PN very often.
PnP. Poured into pinot glasses, which as you know are large and bulbous. With a white sheet of paper as a backdrop, we found the color to be akin to the cranberry gelatin that comes in a can, i.e. light and translucent. The nose was rather muted, but a light aroma of raspberry was present. From the fridge, we grabbed fresh raspberries, strawberries and blackberries. A sniff comparison confirmed the raspberry. After a swirl in the glass, long, thin legs were present. The taste profile was also light raspberry, but nothing else that stood out. +1 said it reminded her of a rose and added that she would enjoy drinking this during the summer, possibly in a more chilled form. As a comparison to stereotypical PN, we did not find cherry or cola flavors. The tannins left that dry tongue thing and the finish was lengthy. There was a slight bit of acidity.
An hour later we tasted this again and found the flavors intensified, but so did the acidity and tartness, and the tannins softened. For a small palette of food items, we brought out four cheeses (asiago, cheddar, Manchego and lincet delice de Bourgogne), as well as the fresh fruit previously mentioned, and for dinner we had chicken with morels and tarragon. The french cheese and the dinner paired very well. Dove’s bite size dark chocolate also paired very well.
This is an easy drinker. Not complex. Definitely on the lighter side. For those who are not PN fans, they might like this, in fact, due to its lightness. Not sure what aging will do for this. Seeing the price point, I think it is fair, particularly since the grocery store $17 bottle will not be this good. As a wine geek, I would enjoy comparing the four wines being offered. (YMMV)
We were excited when we received the lab rat shipment notification on Friday. Wine was delivered Monday.
We received batch A.
Opening
Upon opening a smell of cherries, rhubarb and some cherry cola. Poured a small amount into the Burgundy glass. Minimal legs and a light, bright sniff. We then let it decant for an hour.
Tasting
We had another sample prior to dinner. The wine had opened up and was a nice light drinker. Still not much in the leg department, but tart cherry and rhubarb flavors still. Nice tannins and nice acidity made for a very easy drinking wine.
Overall
The wine seemed young and feel that it could age for a bit. Current state a very nice “daily drinker” that will not overpower a meal and could accompany lighter dishes, such as seafood. We liked it so much we are in for two cases. Highly recommend.
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2019 de Négoce No. 70 Pinot Noir Collection - $10 = 4.75%
CORRECTION:
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2019 de Négoce No. 70 Pinot Noir Collection - $10 = 4.75%
So Casemates has been responsible for introducing me to a lot of US Pinot Noir that I actually like… as a “price-conscious” consumer, there’s a LOT of low price Pinot Noir on the market that’s at least not to my taste, if not just plain bad. But here, I can be price-conscious, and buy some really good Pinot Noir.
Thank you lab rats, this actually sounds like a good case to sock away and forget about for a few years. I’m in.
/giphy heated-magical-breakfast
I have no room, and would likely have to cellar a few years; yet I’m in a curious geek mode…
Anyone SoCal/SD area want 4 bottles? @michaelvella, I still have bottles for you.
Sometimes it’s just about being in the right place at the right time, and lots of pleading doesn’t hurt either. So when an extra bottle of the de Négoce became available, and with the promise of immediate rattage, I got a treat tonight. 2019 de Négoce Pinot Noir No. 70 Blend D
I’m familiar with the de Négoce cabs, as I have a friend who swears by them, but this was my first de Négoce Pinot Noir. And from Oregon no less. That plus the idea of comparing clonal variations made this a really intriguing offer.
A couple days of rain and cloudy skies here in wine country set the stage for a little comfort minestrone soup made in the style I remember from my childhood in Ferrara - thick with a myriad of vegetables, red kidney beans, cabbage and the heel of a parmesan wedge. A freshly baked lemon-rosemary loaf from Della Fattoria was waiting as I poured the first glass.
A translucent ruby with, for me, more nuances of purple than garnet browns, was pretty in the glass and suggested a lighter style Pinot Noir. The aromas were delicate, light in intensity, but I could coax out cherry, bright raspberry and a slight sweetness that bordered on early season strawberries. Patience rewarded me with a bit of earth as the wine warmed in the glass.
The first sip surprised me with a fruit mouthful that was much bigger than the aroma, with cherry, red plum and pomegranate replacing the raspberry in the nose. A little more savory than the bouquet. Acidity was bright, but not high. And the tannin light. With an all neutral or used oak barrel regime, I didn’t get much secondary aroma or flavor. The finish was nice, with savory cherry, and the acidity came up a bit in the finish. That touch of drying tannin closed things out nicely.
With the minestrone, the wine paired perfectly. It’s a hearty soup with earthy flavors and the forward fruit profile of the wine was well matched. There was enough acidity and tannin not to be over matched by the density of the soup. And what doesn’t go well with fresh baked lemon-rosemary bread. I mean really…
Overall, it’s a light styled, delicate Pinot Noir with bright fruit flavors and a balanced approach. It’s a no brainer match for vegetarian meals and roasted chicken. For lovers of reds with fish, you’ve got a nice one here. I’d put it on the hot summer nights red list.
This blend was a balance of 40% Pommard clone with Dijon clones. It would be interesting to side-by-side with the heavier Pommard Blend A and all Dijon Blend B to taste the differences. The wine geek in me likes this offer for that exact reason. The realist in me just chuckles and says “go ahead geek boy, it all sounds like pretty decent stuff.”
Why oh why did I build such a small wine closet when refinishing the NJ basement? Holds about 150 racked bottles at 55-70 degrees and 50% humidity no external light. Not perfect but pretty dam good in my book.
Anyway, since Pinot is my wife’s fave I’m going to grab a case and take DavePolaschek37 suggestion and write “Do Not Open 2025-2027” on the box and place it in “Secondary Storage” the room behind the basement office that has the water turn of valves. This room is filling up as well. It also doesn’t have any windows or HVAC vents. Such 1st World Problems
Cam, getting a lot of chatter on Casemates. Nice, and good for business too.
I got a case of this at de Negoce, and since I’m not a big Pinot fan (and since I have waaaay too much wine), it will be easy for me to keep my mitts off of this 'til it’s ripe.
Keep up the good work Cam.
2019 de Négoce No. 70A Pinot Noir Red, Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Tasting Notes
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2019 de Négoce No. 70B Pinot Noir Red, Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon
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2019 de Négoce No. 70C Pinot Noir Red, Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon
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2019 de Négoce No. 70D Pinot Noir Red, Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon
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What’s Included
4-bottles:
Case:
Price Comparison
Not for sale online, $348.00/case MSRP
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2019 de Négoce No. 70 Pinot Noir Collection
4 bottles for $69.99 $17.50/bottle + $2/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $199.99 $16.67/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
70A
70B
70C
70D
Seems fun! What’s the scuttlebutt on the winery?
Might want to update this “Typically $19/bottle from de Négoce” to $29/bottle if the case goes for $348
Sounds interesting, if you like raspberries.
Not a huge savings on a case for splits, or I could just get a 4-pack if there’s no split interest.
Any patter on WB as to what this may be?
Best price opportunity to grab de Negoce’ wines anywhere on the planet. just sayin’.
@Winedavid49 Good morning. Sent you a couple of PMs as well support regarding damaged Daou rose shipment but no response. Can someone please get back to me? Thank you.
Not sure why it wasn’t mentioned, but reviews in the intro/sale area are from Alder Yarrow at Vinography. See the article below.
https://www.vinography.com/2020/09/cameron-hughes-is-at-it-again
Also, what’s with the pronunciation key on the sale page? If that’s actually supposed to be French, well, it’s nowhere close.
@klezman I was thinking the same. In what language does “de Négoce” sound like [day-NA-go-SHAY]? It’s a head-scratcher.
@InFrom @klezman it’s the English translation
FWIW…from CellarTracker: 12/8/2020 - DAIRY CELLAR WROTE: OG N.70 2019 Chehalem Mountain Pinot Noir Blends A, B, C, D Pack 12-bottle case SHIPS LATE OCTOBER Price$192.00
So now about $8 more on Casemates. Best to check out all of the reviews from each blend. The ratings vary for the 4 blends. Some of the blends have consistent ratings, while the other blends show a variable range of ratings!
This may be a great educational offer if you want to bring people together to experience four different blends from the same vintner, then compare the results to what has already been stated in Cellar Tracker! The kicker though is that our palates are probably more variant than the actual blends! But drinking wine should be fun and enjoyable and what better way than with friends!
@Boatman72 At that time, shipping was $29 so pricing is definitely better here than on release. And the business model is for pricing to go up as it gets re-released. Nice job, WD!
@Boatman72 @hscottk Agreed. And if you have VMP shipping then this is fully $2 less per bottle shipped than the original DN Tranche 1 offer.
Oh man. This one is right in my wheelhouse, being a Pinot, and giving me the opportunity to geek out really hard on tasting the differences between the clones. But I’m full-up at the moment, and SWMBO is unlikely to tolerate an expansion of the wine storage, especially for another case with “do not drink before” written on the side of it. I wish there were some way to buy it today and get it shipped to me in a year or two.
The WB notes are all 8-12 months old, at least at first look. Mostly positive with 70C seeming to be bringing up the rear. Cam posted this on WB March '21: “yeah, my last tasting was pretty disappointing on these as well. These wines have huge acidity which has to mellow a bit before they become expressive. Right now, they’re just babies under a low O2 transmission closure…best to hide these somewhere until maybe later this year but even better this time next year. They will come around though.” (that’s pretty common by the way with his wines. many of these are just bottled and patience is rewarded)
@kaolis I disagree about Blend C. Rattage about to go up.
I bought a couple cases of these on release and agree with most of the comments already posted. Great value for very well made made Willamette pinot in a more restrained style. They need another year or two in bottle, that’s not to say they’re not good now, just that I think there’s larger upside to giving them some time. Also super fun to taste them horizontally with a group. I highly recommend at this price.
We were lucky to be selected as a lab rat.
We got batch C.
Initially I smelled cherry and something with a little more tang like rhubarb and my wife smelled cherry and cocoa.
Overall we both found the wine extremely light which makes me think we aren’t exactly Pinot Noir people but these even seems lighter then other Pinot Noir’s we’ve had.
Taste notes
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I would describe the wine as light and acidic, no tannin/body with specific flavors including tart cherry and I believe the watermelon description above is spot on (my wife said yes because its light like water
My wife said acidic, low tannic wine with mainly cherry fruit and not a lot of complexity beyond.
I’ve had many of the de Negoce wines from here and wine beserkers and some have been very impressive (especially a few of the cabs) while a couple have not been great. This one wouldn’t be put in either category and I think it is a fine light sipper and I probably would be fine paying the $10-$20 range for a bottle of it.
sorry the pictures are not uploading right at the moment
@kray05 thanks for the report
2019 de Négoce Pinot Noir OG N.70 ‘Blend C’
Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon, 14.2% alc
Alice may not have known that Cam Hughes @ de Négoce has seen a lot of action from my credit card the past 2 years, but fortunately, this Willamette Valley pinot was not one of them!
I hope the fine print above goes into the history of this bottling, but here’s the summary from de Négoce: “An opportunity to explore four unique Pinot Noir clonal cuvees produced from a single-estate vineyard on Chehelem Mountain in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Each case comes with three bottles of each of four clonal cuvees, Blends, A, B, C and D (indicated on the labels). Bottled Sep 2021.”
I opened the bottle Monday evening for a light pour, and then recorked. Wine was bit tight.
Good plan to let it rest until the next night with that extra air under the cork (or decant if not waiting).
Next night—
Appearance: Medium garnet with a touch of blue at the edges. Very clear. A typical color for Oregon Pinots and French Burgundy… light color does not mean light flavor.
Aromas: Nice barrel toast and ever so slight Burgundy-like funk, but just barely. Searing, sensual Pinot Noir aromas like red berries, dried cherries, hint of herbs.
Palate: Good grip of fine tannins and just-right acidity. Extremely balanced with a generously long finish. Black raspberry, ripe tart cherry. Surprisingly forward and complete; hits all parts of the palate. For my taste, it is “just French enough” in character and structure (that is a positive for me).
For education purposes, or just for fun, we (and you) would enjoy trying this alongside a Santa Barbara or Russian River pinots for their differences (although there are very good RR pinots that aren’t much different from this wine).
The wine is very young. My personal demon with de Négoce offers is that you sometimes get incredible juice at such a discount that you will tend to drink it all up long before it peaks. I guess it’s a good dilemma to have. You will not go wrong trying to save a couple of these for 10-15 years.
Seriously good bottle of wine! Finding no flaws for my taste and palate. Can’t wait to see the Casemates price point!
“Blend C” info from the internets (unverified):
37% Pommard
21% Clone 777
19% Clone 113
07% Wadenswil
07% Clone 114
05% Clone 667
04% Clone 115
15% second fill French oak
85% neutral French oak
I don’t know why that keeps coming out in boldface.
@baldwino0 —
With VMP shipping this is a good $2 less per bottle (for a case) shipped, than the original DN Tranche 1 offer. More than that if you compare to Tranche 2 or DN Bottle Shop pricing. Heck of a good deal in my opinion.
@baldwino0 Thanks for ratting
@baldwino0 hmmmmmm…
@tercerowines Hi Larry… I still remember that great Grenache Blanc of yours. It was too bad that WCC couldn’t ship your stuff to Michigan! I just rechecked your website and see you make some small lot Pinot Noir from clones from Santa Rita Hills. With your “Rhone sensibility” makes me wonder if you break with the more common local style of jammy dark Pinots?
@baldwino0 yep, not jammy at all . . .
@baldwino0 @tercerowines I tasted some of them last week with Larry. Not jammy. Expressive now but for my tastes I’d wait 3 years or so before opening all 4 together for an interesting tasting. You won’t be disappointed.
I bought this on release from deNegoce, and have only opened one bottle of Blend “D” so far, a couple of months back. It was absolutely gorgeous, and far more open the second day. Classic Willamette fruit with a touch of Burgundy thrown in for good measure. An insane value if you like high-quality Oregon Pinot. Buy it to cellar.
@borisgoodenough Hi JG! A day of air in the bottle, or a good decanting, seems to be a smart idea if drinking anytime soon.
UPS delivered a mystery bottle on Monday afternoon, which was a rather chilly day here. Moved the bottle to the basement where it is a comfortable 60 degrees and 60 %IRH. Twenty-four hours later, +1 and I decided to see what was the surprise bottle. Turned out to be a
2019 de Negoce Pinot Noir, N. 70-B
In all fairness and full disclosure for this review, we do not drink PN very often.
PnP. Poured into pinot glasses, which as you know are large and bulbous. With a white sheet of paper as a backdrop, we found the color to be akin to the cranberry gelatin that comes in a can, i.e. light and translucent. The nose was rather muted, but a light aroma of raspberry was present. From the fridge, we grabbed fresh raspberries, strawberries and blackberries. A sniff comparison confirmed the raspberry. After a swirl in the glass, long, thin legs were present. The taste profile was also light raspberry, but nothing else that stood out. +1 said it reminded her of a rose and added that she would enjoy drinking this during the summer, possibly in a more chilled form. As a comparison to stereotypical PN, we did not find cherry or cola flavors. The tannins left that dry tongue thing and the finish was lengthy. There was a slight bit of acidity.
An hour later we tasted this again and found the flavors intensified, but so did the acidity and tartness, and the tannins softened. For a small palette of food items, we brought out four cheeses (asiago, cheddar, Manchego and lincet delice de Bourgogne), as well as the fresh fruit previously mentioned, and for dinner we had chicken with morels and tarragon. The french cheese and the dinner paired very well. Dove’s bite size dark chocolate also paired very well.
This is an easy drinker. Not complex. Definitely on the lighter side. For those who are not PN fans, they might like this, in fact, due to its lightness. Not sure what aging will do for this. Seeing the price point, I think it is fair, particularly since the grocery store $17 bottle will not be this good. As a wine geek, I would enjoy comparing the four wines being offered. (YMMV)
@jmdavidson1 thanks for reporting in
de Négoce No. 70 Pinot Noir Blend A
We were excited when we received the lab rat shipment notification on Friday. Wine was delivered Monday.
We received batch A.
Opening
Upon opening a smell of cherries, rhubarb and some cherry cola. Poured a small amount into the Burgundy glass. Minimal legs and a light, bright sniff. We then let it decant for an hour.
Tasting
We had another sample prior to dinner. The wine had opened up and was a nice light drinker. Still not much in the leg department, but tart cherry and rhubarb flavors still. Nice tannins and nice acidity made for a very easy drinking wine.
Overall
The wine seemed young and feel that it could age for a bit. Current state a very nice “daily drinker” that will not overpower a meal and could accompany lighter dishes, such as seafood. We liked it so much we are in for two cases. Highly recommend.
/giphy skillful-bodacious-head
@kitkat34
Oregon Pinot Nerds should be happy with this one. Wow. What a lineup.
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2019 de Négoce No. 70 Pinot Noir Collection - $10 = 4.75%
@chipgreen might want to check the math on this one. 4 bottles for $70 = $210 for a case so the difference should be $10.
@a5meiser
Ahh, my half-open eyes thought they saw $189.99 instead of $199.99. Thanks for the heads-up.
CORRECTION:
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2019 de Négoce No. 70 Pinot Noir Collection - $10 = 4.75%
@chipgreen fixed
@rjquillin
Thank you
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So Casemates has been responsible for introducing me to a lot of US Pinot Noir that I actually like… as a “price-conscious” consumer, there’s a LOT of low price Pinot Noir on the market that’s at least not to my taste, if not just plain bad. But here, I can be price-conscious, and buy some really good Pinot Noir.
Thank you lab rats, this actually sounds like a good case to sock away and forget about for a few years. I’m in.
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@worbx well spotted! thanks very much.
I have no room, and would likely have to cellar a few years; yet I’m in a curious geek mode…
Anyone SoCal/SD area want 4 bottles?
@michaelvella, I still have bottles for you.
@rjquillin i’ll take a setup, sure.
@radiolysis done, and I’ll dig out others as well.
@radiolysis @rjquillin yeah, it’s super tempting.
Sometimes it’s just about being in the right place at the right time, and lots of pleading doesn’t hurt either. So when an extra bottle of the de Négoce became available, and with the promise of immediate rattage, I got a treat tonight.
2019 de Négoce Pinot Noir No. 70 Blend D
I’m familiar with the de Négoce cabs, as I have a friend who swears by them, but this was my first de Négoce Pinot Noir. And from Oregon no less. That plus the idea of comparing clonal variations made this a really intriguing offer.
A couple days of rain and cloudy skies here in wine country set the stage for a little comfort minestrone soup made in the style I remember from my childhood in Ferrara - thick with a myriad of vegetables, red kidney beans, cabbage and the heel of a parmesan wedge. A freshly baked lemon-rosemary loaf from Della Fattoria was waiting as I poured the first glass.
A translucent ruby with, for me, more nuances of purple than garnet browns, was pretty in the glass and suggested a lighter style Pinot Noir. The aromas were delicate, light in intensity, but I could coax out cherry, bright raspberry and a slight sweetness that bordered on early season strawberries. Patience rewarded me with a bit of earth as the wine warmed in the glass.
The first sip surprised me with a fruit mouthful that was much bigger than the aroma, with cherry, red plum and pomegranate replacing the raspberry in the nose. A little more savory than the bouquet. Acidity was bright, but not high. And the tannin light. With an all neutral or used oak barrel regime, I didn’t get much secondary aroma or flavor. The finish was nice, with savory cherry, and the acidity came up a bit in the finish. That touch of drying tannin closed things out nicely.
With the minestrone, the wine paired perfectly. It’s a hearty soup with earthy flavors and the forward fruit profile of the wine was well matched. There was enough acidity and tannin not to be over matched by the density of the soup. And what doesn’t go well with fresh baked lemon-rosemary bread. I mean really…
Overall, it’s a light styled, delicate Pinot Noir with bright fruit flavors and a balanced approach. It’s a no brainer match for vegetarian meals and roasted chicken. For lovers of reds with fish, you’ve got a nice one here. I’d put it on the hot summer nights red list.
This blend was a balance of 40% Pommard clone with Dijon clones. It would be interesting to side-by-side with the heavier Pommard Blend A and all Dijon Blend B to taste the differences. The wine geek in me likes this offer for that exact reason. The realist in me just chuckles and says “go ahead geek boy, it all sounds like pretty decent stuff.”
@cyclensip Thank you for the report and the soup looks amazing.
Why oh why did I build such a small wine closet when refinishing the NJ basement? Holds about 150 racked bottles at 55-70 degrees and 50% humidity no external light. Not perfect but pretty dam good in my book.
Anyway, since Pinot is my wife’s fave I’m going to grab a case and take DavePolaschek37 suggestion and write “Do Not Open 2025-2027” on the box and place it in “Secondary Storage” the room behind the basement office that has the water turn of valves. This room is filling up as well. It also doesn’t have any windows or HVAC vents. Such 1st World Problems
Cam, getting a lot of chatter on Casemates. Nice, and good for business too.
I got a case of this at de Negoce, and since I’m not a big Pinot fan (and since I have waaaay too much wine), it will be easy for me to keep my mitts off of this 'til it’s ripe.
Keep up the good work Cam.