Community Tasting Note

• tcufletch wrote: 92 points

  January 3, 2014 - Initial pop and pour; let sit for 30 minutes in the glass; plum color with a good bit of brick red at the edge; cloudy, hazy and upon inspection, a lot of sediment in the bottle...so I decanted; nose of baking spcies, baked strawberry, light citrus notes; much deeper and mellow (whatever the opposite of "bright" would be) for what I expected from an Anderson Valley Pinot; palate of semi-tart strawberry, rhubarb, sweetened baked cranberry, darker red fruits and very fruit-forward and rich, but still a touch of minerality; great, mouth-watering acid on the back end and with a medium finish. Day 2 was just the same after warming from sitting int he fridge.
  
  I was really curious about two things: (1) whether this wine was unfiltered as there was so much sediment for such a young wine and (2) why it was so fruit-forward, as I was expecting much more of a minerality to it. So, I emailed Sam Sheehan, the winemaker. This was her response regarding 2010: "The year started off cold, so growers removed the leaf cover to forward ripening, and therefor had no protection. Everyone wanted to pick during the heat, so all of the picking crews were busy. We weren't able to pick until the last day. That is the reason the wine tastes more fruit forward. It is unfined and unfiltered. That would explain the sediment." Overall, a great wine made by a great individual. Kudos Sam!

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