| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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| Red |
2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/19/2015 - swp3 wrote: flawedquality issues with these BPW '07 CDPs continue. is this heat damage? i'd venture that the vintage was just impossibly ripe and the wines have turned into oxidized mess, but that's not evident from the notes of others. this was pretty much undrinkable. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2006 Benovia Pinot Noir Sonoma Coastmore |
3/18/2008 - swp3 wrote: 94 pointsOpened this and tasted blind alonside Kosta Browne RRV and Sonoma Coast from same vintage--all decanted for a few hours. Initially, this was the winner for me, and we tasted them blind. L felt differently and sided with KB RRV. |
| Red |
2006 Beckmen Vineyards Grenache Whole Cluster Purisima Mountain VineyardSanta Ynez Valley more |
2/24/2008 - swp3 wrote: 82 pointsCandied cherry, kirsch aromas. Excessively sweet with raw oak notes. Disjointed like a barrel sample in transition. |
| Red |
2006 Copain Pinot Noir "En Bas" KiserAnderson Valley more |
4/23/2008 - swp3 wrote: 88 pointsSour plum and citrus. Some raw notes too and all of it's pinched up against a dark, tannic wall. Just not my style, but an intersting intersection of old world/new world. Taste again in a couple of years. Not for immediate consumption. |
| Red |
2006 Copain Pinot Noir Cerise VineyardAnderson Valley more |
3/19/2008 - swp3 wrote: 87 pointsFrangrant, forward nose of earth, leather and lavender, but then an utterly flat attack in the mouth with a washed out, thin middle palate. Where's the fruit? Is it hiding under the saliva sucking tannin? Is this what too much stem inclusion does? Similar experience as Brewer Clifton 2006 Mt Carmel for which I had high expectations. Maybe I just don't get it. How can a wine from this vintage taste so lean? Maybe age will transform these wines. Right now the Copain has a gaping hole in the middle where you expect to find something fruit-like. It finishes with smoky oak, sour cherry and chewy leather. Definitely better with food than on its own, but still... Despite really lively, appealing aromatics, the overall experience isn't there. Increasingly suspect that I'm just not a fan of the Copain Pinots. Hope to find I'm wrong in a few years which is how long I'll wait to open another one of these. |
| Red |
2004 Brewer-Clifton Pinot Noir KimberlySta. Rita Hills more |
3/10/2008 - swp3 wrote: 94 pointsColor gives away the primary aromatics which are deep dark fruits. But there's also a floral, citrus lift--orange peel and nutmeg/clove. Blackberry and black cherry in the mouth. Dry, but with ripe dessert flavors and great finish of black cherry and baking spice and low-toned citrus. This is concentrated, tannic stuff, showing great aromatics and round fruit flavors, but still young. Big, dry tannins and wooden notes need to soften. Try again in spring 2010. Serious and impressive. Possibly magic. |
| Red |
2006 Matello Pinot Noir Whistling Ridge Vineyard Ribbon Ridgemore |
2/21/2008 - swp3 wrote: 89 pointsBrown sugar and candied notes, cherries and slightly green tannin. Kind of disjointed with a little too much oak and sweetness, but also firmly textured which sort of resurrects the whole thing. |
| Red |
2004 Curran Syrah Black Oak VineyardSanta Ynez Valley more |
12/7/2007 - swp3 wrote: 91 pointsNose of blackberries, earth and pine. More blackberry/pine coats the mouth. A little acidic and tannic on the back end, but this will settle down. Not a ton of complexity but enjoyable with clean, focused flavors and good balance. Will age another 3-5 years. |
| Red |
2006 Papapietro Perry Pinot Noir Russian River Valleymore |
2/19/2008 - swp3 wrote: 90 pointsBlack cherry cola with a little bit of an acid pull and a meaty finish. It's not saying anything too profound, but it's balanced and mouth filling. |
| Red |
2005 Boedecker Cellars Pinot Noir Anderson Family VineyardDundee Hills more |
1/6/2008 - swp3 wrote: 93 pointsMedium bodied pinot with cherry/cranberry flavor profile and hightoned cola/vanilla and floral aromatics. Easy drinking but not superficial. Beautiful depth and a terrific long finish. Add a few to the cellar and taste again in 12-18 months. Total surprise. |
| Red |
2005 Boedecker Cellars Pinot Noir Momtazi VineyardMcMinnville more |
1/3/2008 - swp3 wrote: 87 pointsPlum, leather, oak on top a core of acidity and a tannic back end. Flavors are clean, but compressed. Decanted and tasted over a 3 hour period. |
| Red |
2006 Suacci Carciere Wines Pinot Noir Suacci VineyardRussian River Valley more |
2/19/2008 - swp3 wrote: 89 pointsDarker fruit than the Zepaltas wine from this vineyard. Black cherry, cola, vanilla. Texture is terrifically soft and mouth coating, but there's a greenish high note that really comes through on the finish and detracts. Maybe this integrates or goes away, but right now both the '06 wines from this vineyard impaired by this. |
| Red |
2006 Lemelson Vineyards Pinot Noir Jerome ReserveWillamette Valley more |
10/10/2008 - swp3 wrote: 91 pointsdark, rich ripe w/ excellent texture. a little clunky/monolithic, but will integrate and broaden with a little time. Will go till 2015 easy. |
| Red |
2004 Bodegas y Viñedos La Solana Pago FlorentinoTempranillo more |
12/9/2007 - swp3 wrote: 90 pointsGift from Triggs night of Hatton/Mayweather fight. Nose of dark fruit and licorice. Big, juicy extraction in the mouth with licorice and chocolate and a little smokiness dominating the finish. Tannins are a dry and assertive, but easy to overlook given all the flavor. Gives a lot of pleasure for under $20. Same style and similar delivery to 2004 Bodegas Alto Moncayo Campo de Borja Veraton, which is Grenache (rather than Tempranillo) and less tannic. |
| Red |
2005 Foley Estates Pinot Noir Rancho Santa Rosa Block 4D Pommard CloneSta. Rita Hills more |
12/5/2007 - swp3 wrote: 89 pointsEarthy with darker fruits dominant. A little monolithic, but enjoyable and well made for this style and clone. Some roughness on the back end with a dry, tannic finish and some heat. Better in a year. |
| Red |
2006 Le Cadeau Pinot Noir DiversiteWillamette Valley more |
2/24/2008 - swp3 wrote: 90 pointsVery nearly Syrah in appearance and dark fruit and brown sugar aromas to match. Flavors and aromatics are compressed, but there is a purity and softness here that still prevail. A little closed and young and even clumsy, but all the structural components are in the right places and proportions. With time, drowsy muted dark fruit flavors should evolve and lift. Better in a year. |
| Red |
2006 Patricia Green Cellars Pinot Noir EolaEola - Amity Hills more |
5/18/2008 - swp3 wrote: 91 pointsDark fruit, black cherry. Comes on with more heft than it finishes. Becomes pretty and soft on the back end. Earthy elements underneath. More approachable than other PG's that I've had, although that's probably a vintage issue. Simple but pure flavors, nice polish and a little depth to spare... |
| Red |
2006 Morlet Family Vineyards Pinot Noir Joli CoeurSonoma Coast more |
3/5/2008 - swp3 wrote: 91 pointsCompressed dark fruit flavors and earthy aromas right now. Even after an hour+ in the decanter it's too tight to give fair assessment. Concentrated, but just barely yielding some dark cherry floral hints around the edges. All the key components are represented here in a masculine, structured style. An infant. No need to try again for at least 2 years. Extremely promising. There may be magic here. |
| Red |
2006 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Koplen VineyardRussian River Valley more |
2/15/2009 - swp3 wrote: 90 pointsSimilar experience as with other KB 2006 vineyard designates (Sonoma), meaning the experience is a little disjointed, with a sharp sweet/tart mid-palate and a clunky finish. Good, not great wines that need some bottle time. Also these probably suffer from expectations engendered by '04 and '05 KB vintages which have been more harmonious and accessible on release. |
| Red |
2006 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Kanzler VineyardSonoma Coast more |
11/29/2008 - swp3 wrote: 94 pointsMid-palate too forceful, too sharp, even after a few hours of air. Flavor profile is black cherry, raspberry, chocolate, mocha and then dried cherry. Hints of creamy texture to come and even though they're a little unproportioned, the flavors surround your mouth in a great way. Will be a lot better in 6 months. |
| Red |
2004 Foley Estates Pinot Noir Pommard Clone Rancho Santa RosaSta. Rita Hills more |
2/1/2009 - swp3 wrote: 90 pointsconsistent with last note. a little hot and simple, but overall enjoyable. |
| Red |
2004 Foley Estates Pinot Noir Pommard Clone Rancho Santa RosaSta. Rita Hills more |
3/7/2008 - swp3 wrote: 90 pointsDark cherry dominate with a little pruniness and earth around the edges. A little clunky but a enjoyable, especially for the price. Drink it up. |
| Red |
2006 Ketcham Estate Pinot Noir Russian River Valleymore |
4/22/2008 - swp3 wrote: 91 pointsA lot of confectionary notes in the nose. Easy drinking, but not quite complete. Drank alongside '06 Papapietro Perry Leras and contrary to my expectations the Leras kept calling me back. |
| Red |
2006 Le Cadeau Pinot Noir RocheuxWillamette Valley more |
2/23/2008 - swp3 wrote: 94 pointsHugely fragrant with layers of dark berry, earth, leather, lavender, violets, wet rocks... There's a ton going on aromatically. Fruit forward in the mouth with round, sweet, dark berry flavors, lots of glycerin and a meaty/chocolatey finish. Mid/rear palate is a little hollow, but overall there's excellent depth and an intense push from the front that finishes with chewy blackberry, cherry, and cocoa. Sounds like dessert or over the-top-syrah, but it's unmistakably pinot and more structured and refined than I'm describing. Fantastic. |
| Red |
2006 Le Cadeau Pinot Noir Côte EstWillamette Valley more |
2/25/2008 - swp3 wrote: 93 pointsOf these the 3 Le Cadeau 2006's, this is the most immediately approachable and obvious. It's also a flawless rendition of what it is. Black cherry and dark berry aromas and just a hint of coffee or milk chocolate. In the mouth, there's not an edge to be found--just round, blackcherry and black berry coating everything and joined by caramel/coffee notes. The finish is long and satisfying with chewy ripe tannins giving it a serious foundation and then just a slight lift of oak and spice as it tails off. |
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