Tasting Notes 111 found

TastingRoom intro kit: Pale-medium ruby. Very red-fruited. Fairly-restrained Cali pinot, with tart cranberry and sour cherry, a bit too much cedar/sandalwood, some green notes. Pretty. (5556 views)

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2009 Pinot Days Grand Tasting (Fort Mason Festival Pavillon, San Francisco, California): Big berry, carbonic maceration nose; black fruit, carbonic maceration, graphite palate; short-medium finish (3187 views)

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Not good not bad. Don't think I like Chardonnays (1455 views)

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delicious Pinot, fresh and fruity with lovely roundness and depth (1135 views)

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Aromas and flavors of cherry and a little cranberry. New world in style being very fruit forward. Does get a little thin on the finish. ($3) (1173 views)

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Smelled like an old sponge. Taste was not as bad, but not good. Sour on the initial, o.k. midway through, and blah finish. (3488 views)

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On PnP the nose has a bit of heat initially but quickly diminished. Honey and a hint of toasted oak on the nose.On the palate, picking up a bit of oak on the front with melon. No real minerality or depth yet. Medium acidity with a short/medium length finish with a hint of spice. Mouthfeel is good with a decent weight on the mid palate.
After 30 minutes still picking up honey and oak on the nose. Starting to detect a bit of green apple on the palate. Finish is getting longer, medium to medium plus, and is getting a bit creamier.
This wine held up well over 2 hours so there is still plenty of life remaining in this one. Overall, not a complex chardonnay, but a nice easy drinker with moderate acidity that will stand up to food well. I found the roundness of the wine with the medium weight to be nice on its own as a sipper. (2595 views)

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Nice, fruity and gently oaked California Chardonnay. Good QPR. Very quaffable stuff, but not very complex or engaging. (2143 views)

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Decent quaffing wine, perfect for hanging out with a movie and a bowl of popcorn. It was a little hot when we first opened it, but that quickly disappeared with some air. It has medium acidity, and a creamy, round mouthfeel. Nice weight on the palate. Pineapple, honey, slightly oaky, melon at the finish. Not a complicated wine, not much of a finish. (2190 views)

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Sweet cherries, Christmas tree and light spice nose. Medium bodied in the mouth, smooth and round, very polished and layered. Accessible now, additional bottle age should bring out even more complexity. (2674 views)

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Day 1: As advertised, very ripe, with strong varietal character and a touch of class. Juicy yet harmonious. Day 2: Gains weight and even adds some tar on the finish. Acetone on the nose and heat on the palate at first, but these resolve quickly. Better than some $100+ Grand Cru Burgundies at any age. Beautifuly made wine and a great a bargain. (2333 views)

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I had one unexceptional experience with a Hangtime some years past so was not expecting much from this effort that I picked up in a combo pack from Wine Access; the price had to be encouraging at least. Single word summary: okay. Pretty conventional for a Central Coast PN, dark and jammy, no great Riedel-filling bouquet like one would typically luxuriate in from an Oregonian. Plenty of fruit but no complexity. (1925 views)

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Bright, clear ruby color. Looked great sitting in the glass. Made me think of Bing Cherries. Hints of strawberry in the mid-palate, with a nice medium body from start to finish. For the price I think its a pretty good value. I would think it has a few years of aging to help develop some character, but a very drinkable PN right now. (1927 views)

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Drank with Thanksgiving dinner - good choice. Nice wine with a mix of fruit and barnyard. Will keep more detailed notes next time. (1871 views)

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Decent Pinot for $14. WS gave this an 82, yet the users on here say 90/91. Somewhere in the middle is probably more accurate. Aroma is nice - that classic PN mix of flowers and barnyard. Quite expressive. Also some sour cherry. Palate starts out with some red fruits, which on the back end start to turn a bit stewed. For me this is the one flaw here - great pinots have that vibrant, ripe acidity that is missing. I will say that rosemary brought out the brighter floral flavors and extended the finish quite a bit, so that is worth consideration if you plan to drink this with food. (3134 views)

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