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Red
2017 Black Kite Pinot Noir Kite's Rest
Pinot Noir
- USA
- California
- North Coast
- Anderson Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 29
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hosscrow Likes this wine: 94 points
March 25, 2024 - I've enjoyed several bottles of this wine and it's one of my favorites. One thing I learned-the wine is drinking beautifully now, but still requires, at least, a 1 1/2 hour decant for the secondary characteristics to emerge. Intense ruby red color. Complex nose featuring tart cherry and cola, clove spiciness, the deepest note is tea leaves, no mushroom funkiness, maybe foresr floor. Unique characteristic-mouth-watering juiciness on a texturally soft, velvety frame that finishes long with a pleasantly bitter finish. Mendo pinot all the way.
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wetlandwino wrote: 91 points
March 22, 2024 - Just an all around pleasant California Pinot Noir. Not too fruit forward and nice silky finish. Not complex, but well balanced otherwise. Ready to drink now.
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Dnacabernet Likes this wine: 91 points
November 17, 2023 - This wine needed two full days before it opened and allowed the fruit to come through. While still not super expressive on night three, I could at least get a sense for the fruit on offer - pinot on the dark end of the spectrum. I would guess that bottles would benefit from at least another 12 months of age. QPR at $30.00 from K&L is decent if you are prepared to wait for bottles to mature.
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Janstan Likes this wine: 90 points
November 2, 2023 - Red raspberries. Went well with pork tenderloin
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Muels wrote: 77 points
September 25, 2023 - Medium body- no real distinction in berries or flavor
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By Allen Meadows
Oct-20, Issue #80 (link)(Black Kite Cellars Pinot Noir - Kite's Rest Vineyard Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Josh Raynolds
2018 Santa Lucia Highlands: What a Difference a Year Makes (Oct 2020), 10/1/2020 (link)(Black Kite Cellars Pinot Noir Kite's Rest Vineyard Mendocino County Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Sonoma: Another Brilliant Vintage in 2018, 5/21/2020 (link)(Black Kite Pinot Noir Kite’s Rest) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2017
- Type Red
- Producer Black Kite
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation Kite's Rest
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion North Coast
- Appellation Anderson Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 3 (0%)
- In Cellars 387 (47%)
- Consumed 434 (53%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Anything this side of fatty red meat or white fish, Gr8 w Christmas Eve Crab!!, on its own, salmon pattyWho Likes This Wine
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- ProducerBlack Kite
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNorth Coast
- AppellationAnderson Valley
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