Community Tasting Note

markjanes wrote:

Friday, May 7, 2010 - Very light color with a purple hue rim of light extraction. On the nose loads of very pretty, floral, bright red cherry and raspberry... some new barrique spice notes. On the palate the wine has high acidity, a very pretty and light yet full midpalate that transitions into a low to moderate tannin finish... low ETOH. Great balance with the wine showing excellent balance between the hard and soft elements of the wine and the oak using being appropriate to the fruit intensity, average length, good intensity, average complexity. Wonderful finesse, especially considering its New World origing, a very fine texture, good expression of place. This is a really pretty wine that exibits no smoke taint to me... what it lacks in complexity and depth is more than made up for in beautiful texture... very good QPR... shows how good Cali pinot can be texturally if the winemakers would just back off the extraction and ripeness a bit... will hold well over the next few years...

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