Échantillon provenant d'un sample de 1 oz. Une belle finesse avec un certain coté vert avec beaucoup de végétal au nez. J'aurais bien aimé le voir à l'ouverture pour voir s'il avait plus à offrir mais somme tout un beau pinot nouveau monde.
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Smoky nose with accompanying aromas of violets and winterberry. Feathery light in body. Cranberries and strawberries. Cooling mid palate. Hints of smoke and Burgundian earth. Impressive. This is entering a prime drinking window.
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Blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, black tea, and brown sugar with a really interesting sea salt influence. Beautiful florals on the nose, medium body, and not overly heavy like some other Sonoma pinots. Highly impressed considering its large supermarket distribution. In prime drinking form now.
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Purple color with a bouquet and flavor of raspberries with typical Pinot Noir spiciness. The wine was less nuanced and a bit more muted than Flower's designated sites. It showed the restraint (or straight jacket, depending on your view) that has come to characterized Flower's wines more and more. This will please the crowd that abhors actual flavor. This is not my preferred style and I will concentrate on Aubert, Martinelli, Kosta-Browne, Marcassin. and Domaine Serene Pinot Noirs.
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It smells like black pepper, blackberry, cherry and raspberry. The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. Thought this paired well with burgers and grill food. Decanted 40 minutes
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Ordered from a restaurant wine list, this deep ruby Pinot was a very nice accompaniment to a variety of dishes ordered by the diners. Black cherry fruit is accented by cola, coriander and star anise on both the nose and palate. Medium-bodied, freshly acidic, seamlessly alcoholic (14.0%) and with light sweet tannins, it stays solid in the middle and ends with a medium-to-long, tart finish. This well-crafted Pinot should drink nicely over the next five years. Drink now-2019.
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First vintage from their new wine maker. Not a bad effort. Always thought Flowers was overpriced for the quality. Still needs improvement but moving towards a better QPR. Lighter in style compared to their past vintages.
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Wasn't all that impressed by this wine - hot and unbalanced and lacked the nuances of what I think should be appreciated in pinot noir. seemed like lower acid, high fruit (chery, little banana, ripe raspberry, cooked, little too stewed for my liking). Seemed just too much overall here especially for the price point.
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Birthday dinner at The Sea in Palo Alto. Recommended by somm and quite good. Pretty classic Sonoma Coast character. If you are going to serve a young wine in a nice restaurant, this is a reasonable choice. Well integrated and enjoyable without being over the top.
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Tasted blind. Mineral, baking spices, licorice and cherry echo, with a soft finish of raspberry. Friendly and caressing, the mouth-feel is enticing. There's a salty essence on the entry as well. Drink now - 2016.
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Good dark cherry on the nose and opens up after about an hour or more. Tart and spice on the forefront with smooth lasting body for a Pinot. Hopefully the spice will mellow out with age.
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What a beautiful wine for the price. Nice fruit, drinking well right now. Love the fruit on this one. Has a distinctive flavor. Nicely balanced and not too much alcohol as you find with some Cal Pinot.
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1/20/2022 - SamxCroft Likes this wine: 91 Points
Échantillon provenant d'un sample de 1 oz. Une belle finesse avec un certain coté vert avec beaucoup de végétal au nez. J'aurais bien aimé le voir à l'ouverture pour voir s'il avait plus à offrir mais somme tout un beau pinot nouveau monde.
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4/13/2019 - Chrism422 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Superbly velvety!
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5/12/2017 - Doc90 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Smoky nose with accompanying aromas of violets and winterberry. Feathery light in body. Cranberries and strawberries. Cooling mid palate. Hints of smoke and Burgundian earth. Impressive. This is entering a prime drinking window.
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2/13/2017 - scotty_b wrote: 92 Points
Blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, black tea, and brown sugar with a really interesting sea salt influence. Beautiful florals on the nose, medium body, and not overly heavy like some other Sonoma pinots. Highly impressed considering its large supermarket distribution. In prime drinking form now.
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11/8/2016 - joet626 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nice full bodied pinot. Lots of cola flavors. Very tasty
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7/29/2016 - tcosgriff Likes this wine: 92 Points
Purple color with a bouquet and flavor of raspberries with typical Pinot Noir spiciness. The wine was less nuanced and a bit more muted than Flower's designated sites. It showed the restraint (or straight jacket, depending on your view) that has come to characterized Flower's wines more and more. This will please the crowd that abhors actual flavor. This is not my preferred style and I will concentrate on Aubert, Martinelli, Kosta-Browne, Marcassin. and Domaine Serene Pinot Noirs.
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9/27/2015 - BrentM Likes this wine: 90 Points
Color is great still with faint bricking at rim.
Still tons of fruit left without being jammy. From cherry to blackberry. Some herbaceous character and great acid.
Went great with a rabbit.
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9/10/2015 - Cholera wrote: 90 Points
It smells like black pepper, blackberry, cherry and raspberry. The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. Thought this paired well with burgers and grill food. Decanted 40 minutes
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8/13/2015 - zinfomaniac Likes this wine: 90 Points
Extremely floral nose, spiced dark fruit palate.
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7/31/2015 - Bachus Maling Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pull the cork and pour. It really opens at the 15 min mark and great with any pork dish
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7/7/2015 - Jcalvin3 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Medium ruby. Bright black cherry and cola. Smooth tannins and medium finish.
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4/3/2015 - Pvinbrock Likes this wine: 92 Points
Great Pinot, drinking well right now
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11/28/2014 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 90 Points
Ordered from a restaurant wine list, this deep ruby Pinot was a very nice accompaniment to a variety of dishes ordered by the diners. Black cherry fruit is accented by cola, coriander and star anise on both the nose and palate. Medium-bodied, freshly acidic, seamlessly alcoholic (14.0%) and with light sweet tannins, it stays solid in the middle and ends with a medium-to-long, tart finish. This well-crafted Pinot should drink nicely over the next five years. Drink now-2019.
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10/24/2014 - ebad wrote: 96 Points
Well balanced with medium body and smooth finish
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3/28/2014 - joe blum wrote: 89 Points
not a good a most vintages. On the light side for this vintner.
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2/17/2014 - wineo11 wrote:
First vintage from their new wine maker. Not a bad effort. Always thought Flowers was overpriced for the quality. Still needs improvement but moving towards a better QPR. Lighter in style compared to their past vintages.
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1/24/2014 - Kakkihahn Likes this wine: 89 Points
Drank the eve of Kathy's bday, before embarking on Food , wine & Bev. Co
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1/11/2014 - jviz Likes this wine: 92 Points
ruby color, expressive nose of vanilla, rose petal. Bright red fruit, excellent balance and medium body. I found this incredibly food friendly
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11/9/2013 - Pvinbrock wrote: 92 Points
Great wine drinking beautifully.
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9/1/2013 - Pvinbrock wrote: 91 Points
- Medium forming legs. It's somewhat balanced with a medium body. Linear texture with a medium finish.
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6/6/2013 - kleng wrote: 91 Points
Nice young New World pinot.
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6/3/2013 - mmoss wrote: 92 Points
A lot of big dark cherry fruit in the front, but balances well from there on. Delicate and not over oaked.
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4/4/2013 - xboomer wrote: flawed
I think this bottle was bad. Very light taste. No body at all. Disappointing.
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2/28/2013 - BCharlieG wrote: 90 Points
Wasn't all that impressed by this wine - hot and unbalanced and lacked the nuances of what I think should be appreciated in pinot noir. seemed like lower acid, high fruit (chery, little banana, ripe raspberry, cooked, little too stewed for my liking). Seemed just too much overall here especially for the price point.
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1/21/2013 - missionpk Likes this wine:
Birthday dinner at The Sea in Palo Alto. Recommended by somm and quite good. Pretty classic Sonoma Coast character. If you are going to serve a young wine in a nice restaurant, this is a reasonable choice. Well integrated and enjoyable without being over the top.
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12/19/2012 - ewasowicz wrote: 84 Points
Nose: cherries and a hint of oak
Taste: cherries, some strawberry and oak but wayyyy too much alcohol on the finish. This is a very rough Pinot.
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11/24/2012 - Matt Scott wrote: 90 Points
Tasted blind. Mineral, baking spices, licorice and cherry echo, with a soft finish of raspberry. Friendly and caressing, the mouth-feel is enticing. There's a salty essence on the entry as well. Drink now - 2016.
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10/2/2012 - Peachyo52 wrote: 90 Points
Good dark cherry on the nose and opens up after about an hour or more. Tart and spice on the forefront with smooth lasting body for a Pinot. Hopefully the spice will mellow out with age.
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5/5/2012 - Invinoverytas wrote: 92 Points
What a beautiful wine for the price. Nice fruit, drinking well right now. Love the fruit on this one. Has a distinctive flavor. Nicely balanced and not too much alcohol as you find with some Cal Pinot.
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3/29/2012 - wineduggery wrote: 91 Points
Solid, but needs a couple of years to develop.
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