2009 Anthill Farms Pinot Noir Abbey Harris Vineyard

AG's notes from December 2011 are still applicable in that this is a big wine. At its current stage, it seemed rather clumsy having been juxtaposed next to the bright flavors in the 2008 Clos Salomon Givry 1er Cru.

The Abbey Harris was the more popular of the two pinot noirs that I poured for the group at dinner that evening, but it was lacking in definition for my palate.  Recent forays with younger vintages of Anthill Farms pinot noir have shown more elegant, Burgundian styled wines.  This bottle of '09 Abbey Harris is not like that. Red cherry fruit, with somewhat muddled palate. Perhaps a poorly stored bottle...