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Red
1997 Martinelli Pinot Noir Martinelli Vineyard
Pinot Noir
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Russian River Valley
Label borrowed from 1996
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Community Tasting Notes 18
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Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 91 points
December 8, 2016 - Tasted double blind: Meaty, spicy, perfumed (- this has to be Pinot Noir.) The palate is primary with fruit. It's spicy and meaty - mouth gripping, big some heat and ripe fruit: blackberry and raspberry, a little bit burly. (So where is this from? - some say Burgundy, and I see why they might think that, but it's too ripe for that to me - it's new world, and probably USA. It's not one of those spoofed monsters - Marcassin or Kistler or Aubert, but it's got a little more oompf than I want on the palate - Matt thought OR, but I said cooler climate CA - either SB or RRV, finally going with RRV. Has some age on it, I guessed early 2000's.) Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 4.5-5/6, Finish - 4.5-5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1/2 = 15-16.5/20.
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docjer Likes this wine: 85 points
July 14, 2016 - TASTED WITH SAME YEARS OF WILLIAMS-SELYEM. WONDERFUL EVENING FOR RAISING MONEY FOR OUR SUMMER SYMPHONY, COLORADO MUSIC FESTIVAL
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phenricsson wrote: 92 points
April 27, 2014 - Impressive. Great color, perfect fill and fresh cork. Actually preferred to 2000 Marcassin. Fresh and with lots of flavor. Even better the next day.
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uberoh wrote: 90 points
February 9, 2012 - excellent Pinot - full of flavour - great fruit - great balance - though not particularly complex.
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jc-mmb wrote: 63 points
December 5, 2010 - hoped for more, but it is a 1997 pinot. was hoping it would hold up, but alas. color is murky with no bright at all. nose is bretty and devoid of fruit. mostly mushroom and dead forest floor. mouth is full of brett, mushy mushroom, some smoke. leaves a film on the palate but in a negative sense. finish is short and monolithic and dusky.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 1999, IWC Issue #84 (link)(Martinelli Vineyards Pinot Noir Martinelli Vineyard Russian River Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
10/1/2009 (link) 79 points(Martinelli Pinot Noir Martinelli Vineyard) Group's #8 (my #7) – 74 pts; 1, 1, 2, 2 - bricking medium dark cherry red color with clear meniscus; tart red fruit, tart strawberry, mineral, VA, brett nose; tart red fruit, mature, oxidized palate; short finish
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By Richard Jennings
4/29/2004 (link) 71 points(Martinelli Pinot Noir Martinelli Vineyard) Tight cherry nose; woody, caramel, strawberry palate, over oaked and over-the-hill; short-medium finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1997
- Type Red
- Producer Martinelli
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Martinelli Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Russian River Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 43 (46%)
- Consumed 50 (54%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerMartinelli
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationRussian River Valley
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