Terra Antica pinot noir

Posted On September 4, 2010

Some of us tried this out at the Cork & Bottle, Leicester Square. Antica Terra is a small 40-acre parcel “sitting on a sloping hillside of shallow, well-drained soil, underlain by sandstone and siltstone and formed from old alluvium – la antica terra.”  Apparently they keep the yields low to develop concentrated flavours.  The pinot noir is full of cherry and blueberry tones, with plums in the body of it.  It bursts with fruit that lingers, with an almost flowery aroma. We loved it, and thought it went particularly well with sitting outside over cigars…