
Dill and barnyard on the entry, ripe black berries and fried sunflower seeds underneath - a veggy nose that needs a minute to settle. Blackberry and mulberry rise next, tobacco running through them. The tannin still reads green, a touch steamy, but the wine carries itself with balance and posture. The carbonic Pinot doing its quietly composed thing.
Blue Velvet is Mythopia's whole-bunch carbonic-style Pinot Noir, from the Arbaz parcel below Ayent castle. Six months of whole-bunch maceration in airtight steel, then three years in old oak without topping up. The cuvée name likely points to David Lynch's 1986 film. 12% ABV. No SO2, no fining, no filtration.
Dill, barnyard, ripe black berries, fried sunflower seeds. Good acidity, though the structure feels slightly unfocused. Tasty nonetheless. Long aftertaste, juicy, beautiful. Mushrooms creep in. A natural wine that's messy in all the right ways - and a few of the wrong ones.