Community Tasting Notes 39

• Putnam Weekley wrote: 85 points

  April 22, 2024 - This is very active for something so sticky. Late stage, hydrated drip brew joins cough-drop (pruneaux/cherry), menthol/cucumber root, and evasive sensations of aromatic sour candy—including root beer bottles, lemon heads™, and algae. Clearly, some careful work was invested in this. Preservation is intact. A gloss of makeup interferes with its natural gifts—is it a symptom of age? The more it drinks the harder it is to drink.
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  24 hours later, it gains an increment of organization, an improvement.

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• VinoGeeko Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 10, 2023 - Pale ruby, clear. Rim showed no visual signs of age.
  
  muted red fruit on the nose, Took 30 minutes to begin talking. Tasted like raspberry brambles, cherry coke, and Sea breeze. It finished like a taste of perfectly balanced Cranberry sauce.
  
  Palate was high acidity, fine tannins, medium - alcohol. Lovely, and gained nuance over the evening.
  
  90-92 pts.
  
  The only reason this wine didn't score higher was the dearth of tertiary compounds. Was hoping for some savory notes to emerge, would've settled for a touch of Brettanomyces. Consider buying again if mom and the girls like it.

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• tomandlu wrote:

  November 4, 2023 - Not decanted but allowed to breathe for an hour or so. Very deep color, more like an 11-year-old Bordeaux than a pinot noir of the same age. The nose and palate were monolithic - cherry cola with some notes of underbrush. To my palate there's nothing wrong with this wine but there's nothing to recommend it either. It's an easy going, plump, pinot that I'd expect to pay far less for. Perhaps I waited too long to open it. Not to my taste. Purchased on release and stored in my cellar since.

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• Meerlust wrote: 91 points

  April 2, 2023 - Light red center with orange bricking near the rim. The nose is red-fruited with an emphasis on red cherries as well as autumnal notes. The palate is complex with tart cherry, raspberry, cloves, hints of cocoa, and decayed leaves. Initially, there was a bitter edge, but that evaporated quickly with air and blossomed into ripe cherry. Structurally, there is tangy acidity to create a lively mouthfeel and a long finish of cherries and autumnal leaves.

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• jamesabdavis wrote:

  September 26, 2022 - Gorgeous nose of cinnamon and clove spice, tart cherries.
  The tart cherries continue on the palate, which is gorgeously sweet without being cloying. Confit character, but a line of acidity keeping it all fresh and taut.
  Nice grippy tannins on the finish.
  Delicious.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type Red
• Producer Anthill Farms
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Tina Marie Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

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• Pending Delivery 3 (0%)
• In Cellars 214 (29%)
• Consumed 515 (70%)

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