On Aug 17, 5:21*pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> Last night, a friend and neighbor gave Jean some of the excess from her
> garden: a dozen Roma tomatoes and a few other types. *Romas in our house
> are used only for one thing: tomato sauce, so we decided to institute
> TomatoFest 2008™ and made a tomato sauce and some fresh linguine to go
> with it. *With this feast, which also included insalata caprese, Jean
> opened:
>
> 2001 Torii Mor Pinot Noir
> color: pale garnet going orange at the rim
> nose: smoky cherry fruit, a hint of minerals
> palate: velvety smooth, soft but not flabby, smoke and fruit
>
> This wine, purchased at the winery in Dec. '03, was certainly ready to
> go, and a fine example of New World Pinot. *Never overdone, it was silky
> and inviting with enough fruit to please even a devoted New World Pinot
> lover.
>
> Mark Lipton
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I was guessing from name this was a NZ wine (sounded vaguely Maori-
ish), but its Willamette Valley.
Ah, tomatoes and August!