Community Tasting Notes 45

• Amerique wrote: 95 points

  May 2, 2024 - Great wine! Rich, deep, orange blood and strawberry flavors. Fully mature with years to go.

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• Somm David T Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 20, 2024 - First Summa Vineyard from my allocation. It is quite nice. Still needs a few years.
  
  The body feels thicker than other Pinots I’ve had. Plum pudding, dry cranberries, poached strawberries, blackberries, black raspberries, highlights of pomegranate & blueberries, mix berry cola, licorice nibs, dry herbs, moist volcanic clay, limestone marl, dry twig, dry crushed rocks, some grilled meats, dry tobacco, used leather, barrel shavings, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon & vanillin, fresh & withering, dark, red, flowers, excellent round acidity and a well balanced, tensioned, structured with a well polished finish that lasts a minute.

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• talbot61 Likes this wine:

  March 26, 2024 - Boston Wine & Poker, Brookline, NH: Tasted blind. This was paired with the 2005 vintage, and I am proud that my tasting note was that this was very similar, but younger. This was still very full-bodied, but not as cloudy as the 2005, with the same smoky quality, and more tartness. From Michael C.'s cellar.

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• Quiller wrote: 89 points

  November 11, 2023 - Opened, poured and let sit about 35 min. Then: Citrus/orange on the nose. Taste is red fruit; orange/pine; sort of typical R-M pinot profile; longish finish that gets a touch sour sour towards the end of the glass (45 min after first sip). Medium body; softish mouthfeel; acidity is OK; no tannins; still some structure, but not sure how long it will last. Pleasant pinot, kind of monotone taste. Based on this bottle, I wouldn't wait to long to drink.

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• yaCellar Likes this wine: 95 points

  September 4, 2023 - Excellent drinking at this age. Time has given balance and taken nothing so far.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Rivers-Marie
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Summa Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Coast

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• Pending Delivery 5 (1%)
• In Cellars 526 (54%)
• Consumed 437 (45%)

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