Community Tasting Notes 8

• mjf@ulkner wrote: 90 points

  March 19, 2012 - Spicy cherry fruit. Medium bodied, delicate, yet this has a bite. Nice QPR.

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• gutt22 wrote:

  March 15, 2011 - 14.0% alcohol. Showing beautifully now. Pure cherry color. Lovely nose of earthy black cherry and blackberry, with minerals streaking the bouquet. In the mouth, gorgeous balance and concentration, with purity that screams the best attributes of Pinot. The fruit is pure and leads off the wine on the palate, followed up by refined, in check earth and spice notes. Bright acidity and a long finish complete a really excellent blend. A-

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• Ben Christiansen wrote:

  May 20, 2010 - A blend from the barrels that don't make the single vineyard cut. Vibrant Pinot fruit, really quite pure. The flavor profile "cheeese rind and black olive, touch of sour fruits, tight just opened. And then as it unleashes itself more subtle cherry of Sonoma Coast. It also has the La Cruz vineyard vineyard which contributes a bit more of the earthy classic pinot characters like red currant." Open and expressive right now. Bit of a darker, currant, lively, wonderful pinot fruit.

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• RobertDwyer wrote: 91 points

  May 7, 2010 - A little bashful aromatically compared to other Sonoma Coast Pinots, but it comes through big time on the palate. Delicious yet serious stuff which gives it good versatility.

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• AllRed wrote: 89 points

  November 14, 2009 - Pinot Days Chicago (Navy Pier, Chicago): Notes of rhubarb, cherry, and tart red fruit. Nicely balanced, with good underlying acidity and flavors of red fruit, spice and herbs.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer Zepaltas
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Coast

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• In Cellars 20 (28%)
• Consumed 52 (72%)

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