2017 Tongue Dancer Pinot Noir Sly One

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 94.5 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Ceo's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/8/2021 - Ceo wrote: 95 Points

  Still awesome

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View The Drunken Cyclist's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/18/2021 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Retail $65. I am such a dope. This wine was in my samples pile, which is where I put all the wines I receive from wineries for review. Check. I also enter all of those wines into Cellar Tracker in an attempt to keep track of them. Oops. This one was not there. No problem, pop and pour, pick up the pieces later. Oops. I reviewed this wine in late 2020 (with similar notes to today) and did not know that until now. I am pretty sure Kerry and James MacPhail sent me this wine as a "save until later." Oops. I am a moron, but this wine is fantastic.
  
  http://www.thedrunkencyclist.com

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View The Drunken Cyclist's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/7/2020 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Retail $59. There are times in your life that you remember: getting your driver's license, your first kiss (mine was Monica Farhat in sixth grade), the birth of your first child. While perhaps not quite on the same level as those seminal moments, I do remember my first meeting with James and Kerry MacPhail. James was busy bottling large formats by hand (to describe it as "busy" is a bit of a stretch) and Kerry was showing me around the winery while popping corks, gleefully pouring me the contents, and talking just short of a mile a minute. The MacPhails are a delightful study of personalities and proof that opposites do seem to find each other. This wine is that relationship in a bottle. It is both bold and boisterous with a healthy dose of fruit but also reserved and, at least on the mid-palate, a bit shy and reserved. According to Kerry, this is James' ode to Burgundy, a bit of a departure from his characteristic intrepid (right up to the point of being) in-your-face style. And I get that, but make no mistake, this is all MacPhail: fruity, plenty of throttle and integrated tannins. Sure, it could use a bit of time, but why wait? James and Kerry will be making more. But be sure to ask her, James is no doubt "busy." Outstanding. 94 Points. thedrunkencyclist.com

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Ceo's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/6/2020 - Ceo wrote: 95 Points

  Still yummm

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View rjonwine@gmail.com's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/24/2020 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 92 Points

  Medium ruby color; lifted, cherry, raspberry, blueberry, vanilla nose; silky textured, tasty, light-medium bodied, cherry, raspberry, vanilla palate with balancing acidity; medium-plus finish (14.3% alcohol; 29 months in French oak; natural cork)

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

View all 6 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.