Always a Halloween favorite! This 2012 still has enough spice, although perhaps a bit muted with time. This was our last bottle of the 2012, but still a few more years ahead for folks still holding on to this vintage.
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Still quite solid 10 years on... would easily give this until 2025 at peak. The prior CE average of 2018 seriously misses the ongoing life of this Devil's Gulch.
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This was great and in a really good place with beautiful floral Pinot fruit and a smooth finish. The kind of wine that you just want to sink into a nice comfy chair with. Too bad that we were sharing it at dinner with 5 other people . . .
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Sonoma Winter WINEland 2015 (Sonoma): Similar nose to the Fox Den Vineyard. Bright cherry with a hint of pinot funkiness, and slight reductive character. Light body, low alcohol, moderate acid. Tart and fresh with also clean tartaric/lactic acid (doesn’t finish excessively malic).
Score: Around 8.5
Tech Sheet: 13.7% alcohol 6.1 g/L TA 3.6 pH
Clones: Dijon (unspecified). Open-top fermentation, cold soak, punch down. 17 months in 45% new French oak.
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10/31/2023 - Terramare wrote: 92 Points
Always a Halloween favorite! This 2012 still has enough spice, although perhaps a bit muted with time. This was our last bottle of the 2012, but still a few more years ahead for folks still holding on to this vintage.
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2/21/2023 - Terramare Likes this wine: 90 Points
Still quite solid 10 years on... would easily give this until 2025 at peak. The prior CE average of 2018 seriously misses the ongoing life of this Devil's Gulch.
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6/26/2018 - joet626 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nice, light pinot with lots of red fruits
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9/11/2017 - joet626 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very tasty. Nice dark fruits. Very drinkable
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1/14/2017 - Jahull03 wrote:
Nice Pinot, medium body and nothing wrong with it. But not distinctive/ pricey for what it is
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10/31/2016 - Terramare Likes this wine: 92 Points
Always on Halloween, always great! Dan and Mark, your work has been a hallmark of our Halloween celebrations for many, many years.
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5/29/2016 - BoulderWine Likes this wine: 94 Points
This was great and in a really good place with beautiful floral Pinot fruit and a smooth finish. The kind of wine that you just want to sink into a nice comfy chair with. Too bad that we were sharing it at dinner with 5 other people . . .
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10/31/2015 - Terramare Likes this wine: 91 Points
Devil's Gulch Pinot Noir - Always on Halloween, always great!
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8/27/2015 - wendyinwlv wrote: 89 Points
It was nice, but a bit heavy and one dimensional for me. I like my pinots a bit cleaner and layered
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1/18/2015 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 85 Points
Sonoma Winter WINEland 2015 (Sonoma): Similar nose to the Fox Den Vineyard. Bright cherry with a hint of pinot funkiness, and slight reductive character. Light body, low alcohol, moderate acid. Tart and fresh with also clean tartaric/lactic acid (doesn’t finish excessively malic).
Score: Around 8.5
Tech Sheet:
13.7% alcohol
6.1 g/L TA
3.6 pH
Clones: Dijon (unspecified).
Open-top fermentation, cold soak, punch down.
17 months in 45% new French oak.
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11/12/2014 - BILLYOUNG2 wrote:
2014-2020
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11/6/2014 - affordableCollector wrote: 90 Points
magenta, violet, red, in the color. cherry, raspberry, ripe fruit, earth, pepper, on the nose. light body, high acid, low tannins, on the finish.
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9/27/2014 - td1836 wrote: 92 Points
This is the best wine we tasted from this winery (but overpriced like everything else). Light, smooth, bright red fruit, bing cherry, raspberry.
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