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Sunday, April 3, 2016 - Blind tasting, 15 people. All of the wine bottle labels were covered with tape, and we had 2 bottles of each of the following, in order: 2009 Martinelli Pinot Noir Three Sisters Vineyard Sea Ridge Meadow, 2013 Martinelli Syrah Vellutini Ranch, 2010 The Table Pinot Noir,
2010 Martinelli Pinot Noir Bondi Home Ranch Water Trough Vineyard, and the 2011 Martinelli Pinot Noir Moonshine Ranch. All of the wines were opened, but not decanted 30 minutes before we started trying them. The last wine was probably open for 90 minutes before we tried it. The Table Pinot was poured into empty Martinelli bottles, to make ID'ing them harder, so those wines got a little more air.

My WOTN (with the Syrah 2nd). Bigger than the other Pinots at the tasting. I have always liked Martinelli's Bondi Pinots, often preferring them to the Blue Slide Ridge's in blind tastings.

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