Community Tasting Notes 29

• NY Wino Likes this wine: 95 points

  July 18, 2020 - Ruby color with a big nose of strawberry, cherry and spicy cherry cola. I would never have guessed this wine is 13 years old! Loads of jammy red and blueberry fruit, followed by racy acidity and some tartness that extends into a long velvety cherry finish. Remarkably well balanced with a delicious finish. An amazing bargain for a wine if this caliber!!

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• dlowrey99 Likes this wine: 90 points

  May 2, 2020 - revisited 20 hours after opening: acid less prominent, more body, seductive on the palate. slight drying tannins. more earthy/umami notes now. nice.
  
  tldr: decanted; tasted every 20 min over the course of 2+ hours. fruit and body defining, but do not dominate. Acid balances the fruit nicely, and lightens the body to give it a nice med-weight. baby tannins to round things out. oak is there in appropriate fashion - doesn't stand out (which is good). All elements are in harmony. wine is round and has depth, but would have liked more structure.
  Color: med garnet
  Nose: first whiff in glass (prior to decant) was tart dark red fruit, cranberry currant. After decanting, still some tartness, but vanilla/baking spice oak softens things; some candied plum in there too.
  Palate: front palate: juicier/sweeter fruit, blueberry/plum; into dusty, slightly savory notes; into tart fruit, cranberry/pomegranate combo with acid on mid palate; into soft drying tannins and finish of candied plum, soft vanilla oak. Short-med finish.
  Body: med; good weight without weighing down the palate.
  Acid: high enough; balances the fruit nicely, carries the palate into the finish.
  Alcohol: 14.4 (i guessed lower by a good amount)

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• TashNYC wrote: 93 points

  November 3, 2018 - Notes of red fruit, raspberry, smokey, earth and lots of herbs.

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• ey1294 wrote: 92 points

  November 5, 2017 - - Ruby color with slow forming legs and aromas of cherry, cedar, raspberry, bacon and smokey. It's balanced and has flavours of raspberry and cherry with a light/medium body. Smooth texture with a long finish - Opened 45 minutes before serving. Ready to drink now.

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• bestdamncab Likes this wine: 90 points

  December 24, 2015 - Thank you Alex for a glass of this wine during dinner. Bright plum color in the glass, nose of fig, plum, dusty earth, dry forest floor vegetation, and a hint of brewed tea, more of the same on the palate, almost mouth coating fruit, medium/big body, slowly opened over forty minutes to a nose and taste that included black cherry and roasted meat, showed a haunting quality to this wine on the palate, touch of acid and a long, dusty earth finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer Radio-Coteau
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Alberigi
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

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• In Cellars 122 (29%)
• Consumed 293 (70%)

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