Kusuda, Pinot Noir Vintage:2016 While it lacks the weight

While it lacks the weight of the top wines from the vintage

The perfume delivers with ease its complex array of coffee bean

with the bitter structure and the exaggerated phenolic ripeness of the growing season

Asian spices and earth with focused

Kusuda, Pinot Noir Vintage:2016 While it lacks the weightEarthy and savory on the nose, Kusuda's 2016 Pinot Noir reveals scents of beetroot and sous bois alongside hints of cherries and cranberries. On the palate, it shows the seamless combination of intensity and weightlessness that is the hallmark of Kusuda's wines, with supple tannins that seem to almost disappear on the lingering finish. Delicate, perfumed and stylish, it's already delicious and should only improve for the next 5 6 years.