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2011 Calera Pinot Noir de Villiers Vineyard
Pinot Noir
- USA
- California
- Central Coast
- Mount Harlan
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Community Tasting Notes 29
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Deux Chevaux wrote:
May 6, 2022 - Dark and rather dense. Earthy, showing a an unwelcome (for us) characteristic of coffee that we find rather typical from this house. Nice enough for two nights — and then the last half of the bottle jumped into a sauce.
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bilgepump100 wrote: 91 points
March 23, 2022 - Nice pomegranate notes. Still drinking well.
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canan wrote: 92 points
December 22, 2021 - Lovely elegant and refreshing strawberry/raspberry fruit but with a solid intensity. It surprised me a bit having improved a lot over the last years. It is certainly a well-made wine with lots of depth while maintaining a lovely elegance. For me, this wine indicates that they 2011's from Calera is ready to drink now and is at a good drinking age where it has a good balance between elegant fruit and intensity.
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KVM wrote:
December 6, 2021 - 2011 Ryan: Medium + colour. Fresh fruit, a little barrel creaminess.. medium body, excellent concentration. Firm and one for the Ages. Elegant.
2011 de Villiers: Dark Wild fruit and blood in the nose. Rich, so concentrated with red and blue fruit...powerful and showing its 1 ton per acre yield. -
MichielV wrote: 90 points
May 22, 2021 - W superb grilled chicken, spicy sweet potatoes and some great apple, fennel blue cheese salad. Great meal overall. Maybe the wine was a bot overwhelmed by this great spicy food but overall acceptable combination. Drink up.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2011
- Type Red
- Producer Calera
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard de Villiers Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Central Coast
- Appellation Mount Harlan
- UPC Code 4000122866092
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 126 (33%)
- Consumed 257 (67%)
Food Pairing
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- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionCentral Coast
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