Walter Hansel Pinot Noir

I love when the wine merchant tells me a Pinot Noir is made in the "Burgundian style".  I feel my eyeballs rolling backwards in my head.  Those wines are invariably lower in alcohol or less fruity, but they remind me not at all of the wines I drank on my trips to France.

So I splurged on this $38 wine, not because it was presented as a Burgundian wine, but because the guy swore I'd love this wine and he seemed trustworthy.  

We opened this bottle in Basilico restaurant in Milburn, NJ to pair with braised rabbit over fettuccine with olives, capers and herbs.  Our eyes opened wide and we both agreed that THIS Pinot tasted like a true Burgundian wine. Except the fruit was just a little better. Oh, and the alcohol was 14.5%, seldom or never seen in France.  But it had that funky, almost toe cheesy ( in an acceptable way) flavor with a mellow, long finish.  

Not my typical wine post, bit of you see this bottle and feel a little flush, buy it.