Found this in the cellar (no CT record of it). Popped and poured. Darker ruby. Nose of damp cellar, plum pits, violets, earth. Tart and sweet initially on the palate with later notes of contrasting dark raspberry and strawberry cut with iodine and stony iron. Brisk acidity and firm tannin. Longer finish of crunchy red fruit and grounding savory notes. Brimming with life, with lot of years of evolution in store.
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Popped-and-poured. Bright red cherry and strawberry aromas with slight perfumed notes. Similar flavors, just slightly less forthcoming with medium+ concentration. More earth and leather emerged once open 2+ hours, this also seemed to put on more weight. Good now through 2030.
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Agree with RocknRoller's 3/13/19 note, and not much to add. This bottle was very fresh and tasted young relative to other older SIs I've had - I suspect pristine storage. Definitely on the spicier side of pinot. Very good, and maybe I'm being stingy on the score - it had tough competition against an '08 Cameron Clos Electrique.
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Medium dark red color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 3 hours. Deep aromas of raspberry and strawberry, bold ground tobacco and tobacco leaf, sauvage, more damp earthiness. The palate is medium full bodied, dark berries, cigar ash, tobacco leaf, sous bois, good acidity, tart fruits. Again, this is one of my favorite Momtazis. Adore the 2010 vintage across the board from St I. The Temperance Hill a couple weeks ago was mind blowing.
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Floral nose but much tighter on the palate than I was expecting. Thin mid palate. Opened and decanted for an hour before. Much more Burgundian than new world.
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Whyne Not? (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Medium ruby color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 2 hours. This may be one of my favorite vintages of Momtazi. This has the purity and finesse of the vintage in spades, medium bodied, very elegant though plenty of the stuffing of Momtazi. This has become much more red fruited over the years too. Quite earthy out frint, bright red berries, wild strawberry, dried earth and hints of pencil. The palate hits with a spiciness on the attack, follows with the tart red berries and a good streak of red currants, wood, tobacco and underbrush with very refined tannins. Awfully darn good and picking up a hint of blue fruit over time. 92+pts.
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Oregon Wine Geek Week Grand Tasting; 4/24/2018-4/26/2018 (University Club, St. Paul, MN): Medium ruby color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 90 minutes. My opinion has always been that Momtazi takes some time to evolve. I've revised that opinion to some extent with some recent vintages, but this was a perfect example of how just enough age and a one of my currnet favorite drinking vinatges comes together. The wine was very elegant and more restrained that it often is. As Mark often calls it his Wild Child, this was a tempered and well behaved little one. Dark cherry on the nose and palate with very good high tones spices, underbrush and a medium bodied palate with such good persistence. I found this to drinking at what may be a peak point showing grace and balance. Very pleasing.
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We drank this with Hungarian goulash. I thought that Momtazi grapes would have the earthiness to go with the goulash. The nose, however, was surprisingly pretty and floral. On the palate, with the goulash, the earthier tones of the wine shone through. It turned out to be a very good match. After dinner, we continued to sip more of the wine and it changed somewhat dramatically. It mellowed out to be a wonderful sipping wine with depth, a long finish, still on the pretty side but also with enough "oomph" to be continually interesting. This wine had layers of taste to it, along with its flowery nose. I wish I had purchased more of it! Harvey Steiman at Wine Spectator got everything just right on his review of this wine - a rarity, in my experience, as I usually find his reviews very different than what I taste in a wine.
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This was my 4th bottle (all 375 ml) and 3 of them have been mediocre or worse. This one was slightly better than the prior bottle, but still tart, thin, angular and just not very pleasant. Not really green, but the dominant flavor was grapefruit with perhaps a bit of cranberry. Need to start giving it the scores it deserves because these are not all flawed bottles. Will be happy when the rest are gone.
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A year since the last bottle and this was much better. Nice fruit on the front and mild spice on the back. Pleasant. Perhaps the prior bottle was corked or flawed. Also drank the 2011 Etude next to this one. Same price. The St. Innocent was MUCH better and balance.
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Not happy with this bottle (375ml). Thin, tart and a bit green. Very unlike any other St. Innocent pinot I have had (and I have consumed about 200 bottles of SI pinot). Will not score.
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Fills out after 2+ hours being open. Very compelling aromatics. Dark red fruits, baking spice, and floral. Less complex in the mouth. Comes across a bit hollow or thin compared to the nose. Lacking the wild, earthy notes on display at release.
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Cherry/strawberry/raspberry with earth, dust and a hint of rose petals on the nose . Silky-smooth, seamless and nicely balanced with a light to medium body. Nice kick of acidity/grip on the finish. Just a bit thin and lightweight on the mid-palate, but otherwise very nice. This needs some airtime for sure - starts tight with muted fruit, and then blossoms.
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I hope this bottle (375ml) was flawed as it was simply terrible. Nose was OK, but then thin, green and tart on the palate -- not much fruit and almost undrinkable. Gave it an hour + to improve, but it made no difference. I am a big fan of St. Innocent, but this did not come close to what I have come to expect.
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Pretty velvety rose. Super sexy Burgundian nose of wild flowers, damp earth, and morel. Silky serious entry. Earthy Oregon tea-like twang. Sappy pasty pinot with a nice acidic zing. Long finish. I could very easily drink this every day. From .375.
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Perhaps this was just a flawed bottle. The front end fruit was completely gone. Not even a hint of it. It was not there at opening and did not appear even after 2 hours. I previously enjoyed their Shea vineyard offering very much. This wine was nothing like it. A big disappointment. I have three more bottles. It will be interesting to see if they are the same.
Merry Christmas. Joyeaux Noel. Happy ski vacation in France (Tignes).
I brought over a bottle to share with our French "cousins" and it literally flew down the thirsty mouths. Still very rustic, with black berry, tannins and that certain sausage element this vineyard is becoming noted for. A nice accompaniment to the roast goose and sausage, it stood up well over the course of the meal.
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From 375ml. I found the nose muted and the mid-palate lacking. The finish was not particularly long, but only then did I get a pleasant hint of red fruit. The wine was underwhelming. A 'dumb phase' maybe? Not sure. Tonight, there was very little to enjoy, regrettably.
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This never really fully came together. A bit disjointed however it had flashes of nice elements. Red fruited with some earthy notes. The palate was too acidic at moments. Still well made but fell short of other St. Innocent wines.
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Purchased this on sale for $14 and opened it last weekend. About 90 cases produced. Notes of chewing tobacco, sweet cherries and berries. Some sourness on the finish. Found TN's on 10 other St. Innocent wines I have had but nothing since the 2002 vintage. This was the lowest scoring StI Pinot I have had. 85 points
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144's TN below is spot on. PnP and drank over a 2 hour plus period. I like the earthiness but also found this a bit thin on the mid palate. I'd love to praise this for its traditional styling but it needs a bits more flesh on the bone. Blind, I'd have guessed this a young Beaune or a decent Bourgogne Rouge. Paid $30 but like this better if it came in at $15-$20.
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Nice clear light ruby color with long legs. A little earthy on the nose. Relatively thin on nose and palate. Medium-dry on the back of the tongue, with a quick finish. Not St Innocent's best but we enjoyed it with some sea bass.
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Much like the Villages, this is a littl reminiscent of 2004 Red Burgundy on the nose and palate when you first open it. There's the same salty/saline and mirepoix taste. Herbal and peppery as a lot of St Innocent's are in youth.
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Drank for Mother's Day. Too tight to rate properly. Showed little upon opening, but did open enough to enjoy with dinner with black cherry, plum, blackberry, forest floor, indian spices, and mineral. Closed up again shortly thereafter. Needs 2-3 years.
However, I do think this is rated pretty lightly here on CT. This will be a badass wine in a few years. Underrated right now.
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Rotating Dinner Series-2010 Oregon Pinot Noirs (Aquitaine, Chicago IL): Nose: There is a real mineral quality that strikes right off the bat with tones of crushed rocks, red fruits, some chalk tones, red florals, and cherries. The tones are very fragrant with nice depth to them as well.
Taste: Medium bodied with medium+ acidity and nice supporting tannins. The feel is very pretty with silky tones of crushed rocks, red fruits, cherries, and some chalk tones.
Overall: This needs a couple of years to fully develop, but there is a really nice pinot here.
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An Evening with Mark Vlossak of St. Innocent: The 2010 Vintage (Luci Ancora, St. Paul, MN): Dark to very dark red color. Drank 1 glass over 60 minutes. Nose is spicy, coriander, mineral, darker red to black fruits. The palate shows dark berries, power, black cherry, a bit candied, sweeter, with some metallic minerality. A tad bit too spicy on the finish. Mark calls this the "Wild One" and you do get the sense of that. I think this needs a bit more time to even out.
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Ruby red color in the glass. Very expressive aromas of cherry and licorice as others have noted too. I really like the nose. The mouthfeel is where I enjoy this even more. Some really good acidity (I tend to like wines with more than less acidity) and great explosion of taste in the mouth as you roll it around. The tannins are strong here for a light-medium bodied wine in my opinion which is by no means a detractor just not what I was expecting given the color and the initial mouthfeel. They sneak up on you but a great finish. I do wonder if those tannins smooth out after a few more years in the bottle. Looks like I'll need to go buy a few more of this to find out. At the price this goes for, this is a great value and I will see if I can pick up more for sure...
Updated Day 2 - The tannins have definitely smoothed out from day 1 or my mind is playing tricks on me...I would suggest to try a small bit and then decant for an hour or so before enjoying if drinking this year or next...
Lighter bodied wine. Fantastic nose is earth, cherry and licorice. Great finesse with a floral quality. Palate is a little stem my, but well poised and focused, with tart cherry. Fantastic mineral and chalk on the finish. Great wine, especially for the price. 91-92
Drank at Gramercy Tavern last night and was very unhappy with the wine. Very thin with very light color and body. Lacked dimension, was overly acidic with sour cherry as the predominat flavor of the wine. One
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This is ready to go. Open 1 hour, ripe, bright and forward nose with dominate cherry fruit, some chocolate, stems. The palate is not as forward, very balanced fruit, minor stems and mineral, awesome acidity and late-hitting tannin that reminds me of grapefruit. This rules. I imagine this would age gracefully.
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2/26/2022 - DougLee wrote: 91 Points
Found this in the cellar (no CT record of it). Popped and poured. Darker ruby. Nose of damp cellar, plum pits, violets, earth. Tart and sweet initially on the palate with later notes of contrasting dark raspberry and strawberry cut with iodine and stony iron. Brisk acidity and firm tannin. Longer finish of crunchy red fruit and grounding savory notes. Brimming with life, with lot of years of evolution in store.
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8/11/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 89 Points
Popped-and-poured. Bright red cherry and strawberry aromas with slight perfumed notes. Similar flavors, just slightly less forthcoming with medium+ concentration. More earth and leather emerged once open 2+ hours, this also seemed to put on more weight. Good now through 2030.
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12/1/2020 - JCGuthrie wrote: 92 Points
Agree with RocknRoller's 3/13/19 note, and not much to add. This bottle was very fresh and tasted young relative to other older SIs I've had - I suspect pristine storage. Definitely on the spicier side of pinot. Very good, and maybe I'm being stingy on the score - it had tough competition against an '08 Cameron Clos Electrique.
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12/28/2019 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points
Medium dark red color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 3 hours. Deep aromas of raspberry and strawberry, bold ground tobacco and tobacco leaf, sauvage, more damp earthiness. The palate is medium full bodied, dark berries, cigar ash, tobacco leaf, sous bois, good acidity, tart fruits. Again, this is one of my favorite Momtazis. Adore the 2010 vintage across the board from St I. The Temperance Hill a couple weeks ago was mind blowing.
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10/6/2019 - UpfromtheCellar wrote: 88 Points
From a Jeroboam (only 1 of three produced).
Floral nose but much tighter on the palate than I was expecting. Thin mid palate. Opened and decanted for an hour before. Much more Burgundian than new world.
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3/13/2019 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points
Whyne Not? (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Medium ruby color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 2 hours. This may be one of my favorite vintages of Momtazi. This has the purity and finesse of the vintage in spades, medium bodied, very elegant though plenty of the stuffing of Momtazi. This has become much more red fruited over the years too. Quite earthy out frint, bright red berries, wild strawberry, dried earth and hints of pencil. The palate hits with a spiciness on the attack, follows with the tart red berries and a good streak of red currants, wood, tobacco and underbrush with very refined tannins. Awfully darn good and picking up a hint of blue fruit over time. 92+pts.
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4/26/2018 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points
Oregon Wine Geek Week Grand Tasting; 4/24/2018-4/26/2018 (University Club, St. Paul, MN): Medium ruby color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 90 minutes. My opinion has always been that Momtazi takes some time to evolve. I've revised that opinion to some extent with some recent vintages, but this was a perfect example of how just enough age and a one of my currnet favorite drinking vinatges comes together. The wine was very elegant and more restrained that it often is. As Mark often calls it his Wild Child, this was a tempered and well behaved little one. Dark cherry on the nose and palate with very good high tones spices, underbrush and a medium bodied palate with such good persistence. I found this to drinking at what may be a peak point showing grace and balance. Very pleasing.
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7/23/2017 - jasonh Likes this wine:
Outstanding. In a very good zone right now.
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3/21/2017 - bear wrote: 90 Points
We drank this with Hungarian goulash. I thought that Momtazi grapes would have the earthiness to go with the goulash. The nose, however, was surprisingly pretty and floral. On the palate, with the goulash, the earthier tones of the wine shone through. It turned out to be a very good match. After dinner, we continued to sip more of the wine and it changed somewhat dramatically. It mellowed out to be a wonderful sipping wine with depth, a long finish, still on the pretty side but also with enough "oomph" to be continually interesting. This wine had layers of taste to it, along with its flowery nose. I wish I had purchased more of it! Harvey Steiman at Wine Spectator got everything just right on his review of this wine - a rarity, in my experience, as I usually find his reviews very different than what I taste in a wine.
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11/19/2016 - jshearer Likes this wine: 89 Points
Dark red cherries, baking fruit, and damp earth. Balanced in the mouth. Cherry liqueur, slightly tannic finish.
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9/4/2016 - Bob in NC Likes this wine: 87 Points
A nice mid-level Pinot Noir. Bright cherry, cinnamon and a little earthy component.
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3/28/2016 - rickspicks wrote: 85 Points
This was my 4th bottle (all 375 ml) and 3 of them have been mediocre or worse. This one was slightly better than the prior bottle, but still tart, thin, angular and just not very pleasant. Not really green, but the dominant flavor was grapefruit with perhaps a bit of cranberry. Need to start giving it the scores it deserves because these are not all flawed bottles. Will be happy when the rest are gone.
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1/12/2016 - Jarndyce wrote: 91 Points
Wow, what a difference vs the last bottle! Great flavor and nice long finish here.
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12/23/2015 - jdpearse wrote: 89 Points
A year since the last bottle and this was much better. Nice fruit on the front and mild spice on the back. Pleasant. Perhaps the prior bottle was corked or flawed. Also drank the 2011 Etude next to this one. Same price. The St. Innocent was MUCH better and balance.
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10/21/2015 - rickspicks wrote:
Not happy with this bottle (375ml). Thin, tart and a bit green. Very unlike any other St. Innocent pinot I have had (and I have consumed about 200 bottles of SI pinot). Will not score.
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8/21/2015 - jshearer Likes this wine: 88 Points
Fills out after 2+ hours being open. Very compelling aromatics. Dark red fruits, baking spice, and floral. Less complex in the mouth. Comes across a bit hollow or thin compared to the nose. Lacking the wild, earthy notes on display at release.
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5/2/2015 - Vino Me wrote: 89 Points
No formal notes but this was drinking better than when I last had it in 2013. 89 points.
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1/7/2015 - rickspicks wrote: 90 Points
Cherry/strawberry/raspberry with earth, dust and a hint of rose petals on the nose . Silky-smooth, seamless and nicely balanced with a light to medium body. Nice kick of acidity/grip on the finish. Just a bit thin and lightweight on the mid-palate, but otherwise very nice. This needs some airtime for sure - starts tight with muted fruit, and then blossoms.
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12/21/2014 - Jarndyce wrote: 85 Points
Nice light red color. Tobacco on the nose which I really enjoyed. Not much In the way of flavor though, rather dull and muted. Just ok for me.
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12/1/2014 - rickspicks wrote: flawed
I hope this bottle (375ml) was flawed as it was simply terrible. Nose was OK, but then thin, green and tart on the palate -- not much fruit and almost undrinkable. Gave it an hour + to improve, but it made no difference. I am a big fan of St. Innocent, but this did not come close to what I have come to expect.
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10/4/2014 - wineaux2 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Very nice pinot. Dominantly earthy, this wine featured red cherries and freshly tilled soil with a hint of stones; good acidity too.
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4/30/2014 - SLOFred Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Simple wine. Not worth $25.
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4/5/2014 - Goofyfoot Likes this wine:
Spice and fruit, very organic and slightly bitter, good nose
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3/22/2014 - JJKinch wrote: 91 Points
Red fruit (cherry, slight raspberry), slight spice, slight cola, slight minerality. Pretty bright/ nice acidity. Lingering finish. Really enjoyable
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3/21/2014 - mzimberg Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pretty velvety rose. Super sexy Burgundian nose of wild flowers, damp earth, and morel. Silky serious entry. Earthy Oregon tea-like twang. Sappy pasty pinot with a nice acidic zing. Long finish. I could very easily drink this every day. From .375.
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1/31/2014 - jdpearse Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Perhaps this was just a flawed bottle. The front end fruit was completely gone. Not even a hint of it. It was not there at opening and did not appear even after 2 hours. I previously enjoyed their Shea vineyard offering very much. This wine was nothing like it. A big disappointment. I have three more bottles. It will be interesting to see if they are the same.
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12/25/2013 - UpfromtheCellar wrote: 89 Points
Merry Christmas. Joyeaux Noel. Happy ski vacation in France (Tignes).
I brought over a bottle to share with our French "cousins" and it literally flew down the thirsty mouths. Still very rustic, with black berry, tannins and that certain sausage element this vineyard is becoming noted for. A nice accompaniment to the roast goose and sausage, it stood up well over the course of the meal.
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12/13/2013 - JB in SD wrote: 87 Points
From 375ml. I found the nose muted and the mid-palate lacking. The finish was not particularly long, but only then did I get a pleasant hint of red fruit. The wine was underwhelming. A 'dumb phase' maybe? Not sure. Tonight, there was very little to enjoy, regrettably.
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10/28/2013 - fdub Likes this wine: 89 Points
This never really fully came together. A bit disjointed however it had flashes of nice elements. Red fruited with some earthy notes. The palate was too acidic at moments. Still well made but fell short of other St. Innocent wines.
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6/17/2013 - Vino Me wrote: 85 Points
Purchased this on sale for $14 and opened it last weekend. About 90 cases produced. Notes of chewing tobacco, sweet cherries and berries. Some sourness on the finish. Found TN's on 10 other St. Innocent wines I have had but nothing since the 2002 vintage. This was the lowest scoring StI Pinot I have had. 85 points
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6/12/2013 - chablis28 wrote: 88 Points
144's TN below is spot on. PnP and drank over a 2 hour plus period. I like the earthiness but also found this a bit thin on the mid palate. I'd love to praise this for its traditional styling but it needs a bits more flesh on the bone. Blind, I'd have guessed this a young Beaune or a decent Bourgogne Rouge. Paid $30 but like this better if it came in at $15-$20.
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6/10/2013 - 144 wrote: 87 Points
Nice clear light ruby color with long legs. A little earthy on the nose. Relatively thin on nose and palate. Medium-dry on the back of the tongue, with a quick finish. Not St Innocent's best but we enjoyed it with some sea bass.
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6/5/2013 - spacewrangler wrote:
Much like the Villages, this is a littl reminiscent of 2004 Red Burgundy on the nose and palate when you first open it. There's the same salty/saline and mirepoix taste. Herbal and peppery as a lot of St Innocent's are in youth.
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5/12/2013 - liberlibri wrote:
Drank for Mother's Day. Too tight to rate properly. Showed little upon opening, but did open enough to enjoy with dinner with black cherry, plum, blackberry, forest floor, indian spices, and mineral. Closed up again shortly thereafter. Needs 2-3 years.
However, I do think this is rated pretty lightly here on CT. This will be a badass wine in a few years. Underrated right now.
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5/7/2013 - troylock wrote: 85 Points
Taste like a light Cab. Oak flavor.
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5/7/2013 - Frackit wrote: 93 Points
Really quite delicious. Sweet fruit on tip of tongue, but nice balanced finish
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4/24/2013 - Asharoken wrote: 88 Points
Decent but a little thin lacking mouthfeel. Nothing exciting, but not bad. A little nuance on the finish
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4/15/2013 - KeithAkers wrote: 90 Points
Rotating Dinner Series-2010 Oregon Pinot Noirs (Aquitaine, Chicago IL): Nose: There is a real mineral quality that strikes right off the bat with tones of crushed rocks, red fruits, some chalk tones, red florals, and cherries. The tones are very fragrant with nice depth to them as well.
Taste: Medium bodied with medium+ acidity and nice supporting tannins. The feel is very pretty with silky tones of crushed rocks, red fruits, cherries, and some chalk tones.
Overall: This needs a couple of years to fully develop, but there is a really nice pinot here.
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3/28/2013 - jcasey555 wrote: 89 Points
earthy minerals
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3/5/2013 - rocknroller wrote: 90 Points
An Evening with Mark Vlossak of St. Innocent: The 2010 Vintage (Luci Ancora, St. Paul, MN): Dark to very dark red color. Drank 1 glass over 60 minutes. Nose is spicy, coriander, mineral, darker red to black fruits. The palate shows dark berries, power, black cherry, a bit candied, sweeter, with some metallic minerality. A tad bit too spicy on the finish. Mark calls this the "Wild One" and you do get the sense of that. I think this needs a bit more time to even out.
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3/4/2013 - Jbird73 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Ruby red color in the glass. Very expressive aromas of cherry and licorice as others have noted too. I really like the nose. The mouthfeel is where I enjoy this even more. Some really good acidity (I tend to like wines with more than less acidity) and great explosion of taste in the mouth as you roll it around. The tannins are strong here for a light-medium bodied wine in my opinion which is by no means a detractor just not what I was expecting given the color and the initial mouthfeel. They sneak up on you but a great finish. I do wonder if those tannins smooth out after a few more years in the bottle. Looks like I'll need to go buy a few more of this to find out. At the price this goes for, this is a great value and I will see if I can pick up more for sure...
Updated Day 2 - The tannins have definitely smoothed out from day 1 or my mind is playing tricks on me...I would suggest to try a small bit and then decant for an hour or so before enjoying if drinking this year or next...
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2/2/2013 - IamNotDrinkingAny#@!%Merlot wrote: 91 Points
Nutty08's description and rating pretty much
sum up my feelings on this.
Not quite as complex as the Shea bottling, but this was still excellent.
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12/20/2012 - Nutty08 wrote: 92 Points
Lighter bodied wine. Fantastic nose is earth, cherry and licorice. Great finesse with a floral quality. Palate is a little stem my, but well poised and focused, with tart cherry. Fantastic mineral and chalk on the finish. Great wine, especially for the price. 91-92
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11/26/2012 - mtnbarry wrote: 80 Points
Drank at Gramercy Tavern last night and was very unhappy with the wine. Very thin with very light color and body. Lacked dimension, was overly acidic with sour cherry as the predominat flavor of the wine. One
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10/12/2012 - gripNsip wrote: 91 Points
This is ready to go. Open 1 hour, ripe, bright and forward nose with dominate cherry fruit, some chocolate, stems. The palate is not as forward, very balanced fruit, minor stems and mineral, awesome acidity and late-hitting tannin that reminds me of grapefruit. This rules. I imagine this would age gracefully.
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