I received my Le Cadeau wines!
Thanks to the Prince of Pinot, I discovered an interesting new winery named Le Cadeau. Well, after striking up a correspondence with Tom, one of the owners of Le Cadeau, I decided to purchase 1 bottle each of the 3 different 2004 Pinot Noirs and 1 bottle of the 2003 Pinot Noir. As I have said here before, Le Cadeau switched to single-vineyard releases in 2004 so that’s the first vintage to sport 3 different wines rather than a single blend of all vineyards into 1 release.
After a fairly short wait, I received a box with all 4 wines earlier this week. The following photos are not very exciting to the average person, but to a Pinot Noir fan they might make you salivate.
Front of all 3 2004 Le Cadeau bottles and the 2003 release
Back of all 3 2004 Le Cadeau bottles and the 2003 release
I can’t wait to dig in and start tasting and reviewing these wines! I am very interested to see the differences in the aroma and flavor profiles among these 4 wines since they are all products of different “star” winemakers. I am also curious to see if there are any site-specific differences that are expressed in the different aroma and flavor profiles of these wines.
On a side note, I am hoping to spend some or all of my February wine budget on Privé wines, if they have any to sell at this point. I am realizing that it makes a lot of sense to support the smaller, younger wineries owned by people who are committed to and excited about great wine. So if these Le Cadeau wines taste as good as Tom says they will, I might have a new addition to my short list of wine club memberships!