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• forceberry wrote: 67 points

  March 31, 2015 - Translucent garnet red color with a hint of developed orange hue. Very powerful, sweet and ridiculously oak-driven nose with pronounced aromas of toasty caramel oak, savory woody character, ripe cranberry, some meaty umami character, a little bit of cola and a hint of vanilla. There's very little fruity here in contrast to the woody notes. The wine is moderate-to-full-bodied, spicy and woody on the palate with heavy emphasis on the toasty oak: toffee, sweet and toasty oak spice, some vanilla, a little bit of overripe cranberries, a hint of cherry liqueur and a touch of caramel. The alcohol pushes a little bit through and the wine feels very soft and mellow due to the low acidity and very mellow, borderline nonexistent tannins. There is some sense of grip to the aftertaste, but it doesn't feel like grip from grape tannins, but instead from heavily extracted, astringent wood tannins. The aftertaste is long, sweet-toned and somewhat robust with flavors of rough woody spice, vanilla, toffee, some almost jammy dark berries, a little bit of Cognac spice and a hint of earthy Pinosity. The finish feels somewhat dull and lacking in intensity due to the low acidity.
  
  A real disgrace to a Pinot Noir. Instead of showing the typical brightness, verve and complexity of this grape, this wine shows barely nothing else but wood and there is no sense of acidity - which in my books is a vital component of any well-made Pinot Noir. This really isn't a Pinot Noir, but instead a generic, anonymous wine that is all about oak and alcohol, not fruit or structure. I really can't understand for the life of me why some wineries insist on planting Pinot Noir in regions where the variety just doesn't succeed. The results can be seen in wines like these. Repugnant stuff that bears no resemblance to a Pinot Noir, a rip-off at 22,90€.

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• Jona Likes this wine: 87 points

  February 14, 2015 - Wow! The PN style I got to know in the beginning. Feels like the home of PN. Beautiful aromas and firm structure - exactly as PN should be =)

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• Grochol wrote: 88 points

  August 6, 2014 - Tasting notes from 100ml sample.
  Nose: cherry, strawberry, oak, slightly jammy
  Taste: medium to full bodied, medium- acidity, low tannins, hint of sweetness, extracted, strawberry, cherry, licorice, oak, good finish
  This pinot isn't light has structure almost like big cabernet but from other side you can easily recognize variety, very new world style

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• Gabriel Geller Likes this wine: 88 points

  December 26, 2013 - Good news, the oak that was too prominent (in my taste) when I first tasted this wine last summer has slightly receded. Varietally true but neither lively nor complex enough. 14% Abv.

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• Gabriel Geller wrote: 88 points

  August 3, 2013 - Bright cherry red in color with on the nose notes of toasted oak jumping at you along scents of cherries and rose petals. Medium-bodied with on the palate again lots of toasted oak, sour cherries, cranberries and rose water with a touch of licorice and roasted herbs, decent acidity and soft tannins on a moderately long finish. As opposed to many of its previous vintages, this Yarden Pinot Noir is rather varietally true but lacking complexity and the oak is too prominent for my taste.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Golan Heights Winery
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation Yarden
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Israel
• Region Galilee
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Golan Heights
• UPC Code 7290012968617

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• Consumed 8 (30%)

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