From magnum. A hint of crimson in glass, PnP gives prominent dominant red cherry and Asian tea. Sleek and pure. After 60-90 min, evolves to the dark, peppery profile as noted 10 months ago.
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From magnum. Stemmy notes with beautifully integrated dark cherry and pepper. Wonderfully balanced 30 sec finish. Love this with or without food. Very, very early in its peak, easily 3 or 4 more years here before any signs of becoming tertiary or advanced.
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Dark ruby. Savory dark fruit, with a pleasant suggestion of bitterness. Quite structured, suggesting good potential to evolve — but at this point it struck us as somewhat monolithic. Nevertheless, quite enjoyable over three nights.
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Clear deep dark ruby with pink tint on edge. Highly viscous, great legs. On the nose, several bright fruits including cherry, blueberry, even almost blackberry. Very powerful fruit aromas, very little oaking if any. Spices of clove and cinnamon. On the palate it is hugely viscous, massive layers of fruit with little minerality, very focused, clean, laser-like precision. Good acid balanced with sweetness. Medium to long finish.
An hour later, the spices came through, including a slight interesting bitterness on the backbone. More tannins came through. The fruit in this wine could help it last for years. What a powerful, muscled wine. If it had more terroir and herbs and breadth of flavors it would be closer to perfect.
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1/26/2023 - sjp1323 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Consistent with prior note.
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7/29/2022 - Michigan Mostberg Likes this wine: 90 Points
From magnum. A hint of crimson in glass, PnP gives prominent dominant red cherry and Asian tea. Sleek and pure. After 60-90 min, evolves to the dark, peppery profile as noted 10 months ago.
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4/16/2022 - sjp1323 Likes this wine: 93 Points
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10/3/2021 - Michigan Mostberg Likes this wine: 92 Points
From magnum. Stemmy notes with beautifully integrated dark cherry and pepper. Wonderfully balanced 30 sec finish. Love this with or without food. Very, very early in its peak, easily 3 or 4 more years here before any signs of becoming tertiary or advanced.
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7/24/2021 - DaneM Likes this wine:
Big big big. Well crafted pinot but would encourage continued cellaring or a long decant to coax out the fruit. Too much oak with pop and pour.
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7/14/2021 - sjp1323 Likes this wine: 92 Points
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11/7/2020 - Deux Chevaux wrote:
Dark ruby. Savory dark fruit, with a pleasant suggestion of bitterness. Quite structured, suggesting good potential to evolve — but at this point it struck us as somewhat monolithic. Nevertheless, quite enjoyable over three nights.
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5/12/2019 - gmat5497 Likes this wine: 94 Points
This wine just keeps getting better. Powerful yet refined. Long finish.
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6/27/2017 - RieslingFanatic wrote:
Ground coffee beans, dark fruits, cocoa and spices. Big, powerful expression of Pinot Noir – you’ll either love it or hate it.
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6/22/2017 - ChaineMatt wrote: 94 Points
Clear deep dark ruby with pink tint on edge. Highly viscous, great legs. On the nose, several bright fruits including cherry, blueberry, even almost blackberry. Very powerful fruit aromas, very little oaking if any. Spices of clove and cinnamon. On the palate it is hugely viscous, massive layers of fruit with little minerality, very focused, clean, laser-like precision. Good acid balanced with sweetness. Medium to long finish.
An hour later, the spices came through, including a slight interesting bitterness on the backbone. More tannins came through. The fruit in this wine could help it last for years. What a powerful, muscled wine. If it had more terroir and herbs and breadth of flavors it would be closer to perfect.
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