2009 Belle Glos Pinot Noir Las Alturas Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (79) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  4/14/2024 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Retail $80. Heavy Bottle (678g; 1lb 7.9oz). A wine that I purchased before I started my blog more than twelve years ago and this is the second of the three bottles that we have popped. As I mentioned before, this is "dark, big, and juicy, which is not a surprise given that the wine was made by the Wagner family, who also make Caymus (I won't go into my thoughts on that wine here). Dark red fruit, a bit of eucalyptus on the nose, and the palate is fairly big and beefy, thick and rich, a touch of smoke, and a whole lot of dark fruit." Given the lineage, I really did not want to like this wine. Like a lot. But I do. Like a lot. Sure, there are more ethereal Pinots out there, more wines driven by a sense of place, but if you want a full-throttle, gangbusters Pinot? Yeah, this one works, for sure.
  
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  5/20/2022 - Wine4Life Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Deep dark ruby, open nose with dark fruits dominating, full bodied black currants and cherries lead, great balance, with fully resolved tannins, long strong finish, excellent but time to drink up.

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  5/10/2022 - Chris Keller wrote: 92 Points

  Garnett in color with notes of blackberry, black raspberry, baked cherry, gelatin, oak and spice in the form of pie crust and butter very fruit forward and delicious. With a long balanced finish and more humid earth notes. Drink now-2025.

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  10/8/2021 - andrewdodd86 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Good, huge and rich, high RS. Faded darker fruit, earth and tobacco. But has aged well for what it is

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  9/1/2021 - Wine_in_HD wrote: 95 Points

  I really like Belle Glos wines and put this bottle back a few years ago just to see how it would age. It took an hour or so to open up but got better as it went and was even better the second day. If there are any more bottles out there, you have something to look forward to.

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