Community Tasting Notes 25

• short and confused wrote:

  September 19, 2018 - Last tasted in 2013 when, according to my note, I really liked it. This is my last bottle and it tastes pretty well dead and gone. Ah well.

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• short and confused wrote: 92 points

  July 31, 2013 - Deep red. Soil driven, black raspberry, chocolate and brown spices. Dense across the palate with ripe sweet red fruit and spun sugar in tension with mouth coating tannins. The wine has faded a bit from my first tasting 3 years ago. I think that this is probably one that showed a bit better young but my memory may be fooling me bit. The first time I had this wine was late night on vacation when it was pouring rain out side. I was not expecting much and was happily surprised by the quality of the wine. I do not remember the current lovely brown spices and earthy tones of the wine, but there were some much stronger sweet orange notes I loved on the first visit which have dissipated. Clearly a california pinot. In the end this moves me to uncork the wines while they are still young (but I will not be unhappy to come across forgotten bottles in the cellar down the road).

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• grizzlymarmot Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 3, 2013 - Very well integrated bouquet. It really has an aroma that it can call its own - if I have to describe components (which I really rather would not), it is a combination of fruit, spice and wood. Completely devoid of the "alcoholic" aroma common to many wines. Some will tease a few earth tones - but that is an exercise in deconstruction. The flavor contrasts the bouquet pleasantly. It is decidedly lighter, with light red and sweet fruit on the palate. After you get a complete appreciation of the flavor, the finish develops politely. Honestly, it will actually wait for you. It contains some spicy tannins with excellent length. The finish is warmer than the mineral coolness of Burgundy, and a bit stronger than the flavor. Last impressions count! The visual on my wine - translucent ruby red, imperceptible halo. Brown was only in the name and the color of the label.

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• Obalde wrote:

  August 19, 2012 - med+ garnet with orange rim; med+ developing/fully developed, mushroom, cherry, vanilla, savory herbs; dry, med+ acid, med tannin, med+ alcohol/body, med+ intensity/finish, green herbs, leaves, cherry, mushroom, mint; good- unripe green overtone ultiamtely masks the mushroom and red fruits

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• merryberry wrote: 90 points

  July 27, 2012 - Garnet with an orange undertone. Great nose of strawberry, cinnamon, and cedar. Medium to full bodied, it still has the texture I noted last time, but today the fruit is much more pronounced than before. Crushed raspberries, cherry cola, tea, well integrated tannins, good acid, spices, a touch of milk chocolate, and a medium to long finish. Enjoyable and tasty.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Saintsbury
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Brown Ranch
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa / Sonoma
• Appellation Carneros
• UPC Code 732458960772

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• In Cellars 93 (37%)
• Consumed 156 (63%)

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