Mike Tommasi > wrote:

>>Well, very little of them are known, e.g. the world's best Pinot
>>Noir not made from Pinot Noir: Dirk van der Niepoort's "Charme".
>
> A Pinot Noir not made from Pinot Noir eh? Does it get called a
> Noir de Neant? ;-))
>
> Was ist das, Herr Pronay?
^^^^^^^^^^^ Michael?

I do call you Michele and not Signor' Tommasi – don't I?

Charme: It's a wine made in Burgundian traditions, but from
Portuguese grapes. And it would be guessed as a copybook pinot
noir in any blind tasting.

Jamie Goode's TN of the 2002:

<http://www.wineanorak.com/dinnerwithdirk_2004.htm>

Peter Moser's TN of the experimental 2000:

<http://www.falstaff.at/ttasting-2766.htm>

Another TN from cask of the 2002:

<http://www.finewinediary.com/diary/jul03.php>

Jancis with a few words on the wine:

<http://www.jancisrobinson.com/jr7105.htm>

HTH,

M.