2023 Picardy Pinot Noir and a touch of limestone

and a touch of limestone nuance

cascading across the palate before flowing through to a very long finish

but still quite primary: perhaps five years away from the onset of tertiary flavours one might look for when aging these wines

Out of interest I opened up a 2011 of the same label next to it

Picardy Pinot Noir consists of 11 clones: upright

2023 Picardy Pinot Noir and a touch of limestoneThe first wine produced at Picardy was the 1996 Pinot Noir. Picardy Pinots exhibit finesse and complexity, inspired by the great Pinot Noir wines of the old world. Excellent fruit intensity, structure, pH to acid relationship and fine grained tannins guarantee long life and excellent bottle development. The wines are also very approachable in their early years. Since the first vintage in 1996, an increase in new clonal plantings and an advance in vine