Opened a half bottle and let it breathe. The nose is dark red fruit. The palate was dark cherry, fig, a hint of dried spice leading to a moderately long finish.
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Opened a half bottle and let it breathe. The nose is dark red fruit. The palate was dark cherry, fig, a hint of dried spice leading to a modertely long finish.
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Opened a half bottle while preparing dinner. Dark red fruit on the nose. The palate is dark cherry, red plums, sweet pipe tobacco and a touch of spice. Finish was moderate in length.
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Has softened in color and impact since two years ago, adding harmonious savory qualities and tomato skin to the basket of red fruits and spice. Perfectly matched with rack of lamb and wilted celery with mint.
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Pale color for a California pinot, this offers cherry, cactus pear, hops and vanilla in a very pleasant package, though lighter-bodied and more reticent than is my impression of the Calera style.
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Lovely light, bright crimson with a bouquet of red cherry and vanilla. Mouthful of effervescent vanilla cherry and earthy clay. Long finish, a beautifully balanced taste. Leaves you wanting more!
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Intense nose of dark fruit, light clay, Coca-cola and hints of vanilla. On the palate fruit dominated with again cola and vanilla. Very smooth but with some nice spice and at least medium acids that provide some much needed lift. A well made wine and to be fair quite nice but a touch too heavy and fruit driven for my taste. Lacks a bit of complexity and elegance, which is what I primarily look for in Pinot. That might come with time but this was my only bottle and at the price this commands I will not seek out more.
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2/19/2024 - markcic Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opened a half bottle and let it breathe. The nose is dark red fruit. The palate was dark cherry, fig, a hint of dried spice leading to a moderately long finish.
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6/24/2023 - markcic Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opened a half bottle and let it breathe. The nose is dark red fruit. The palate was dark cherry, fig, a hint of dried spice leading to a modertely long finish.
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1/18/2023 - markcic Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opened a half bottle while preparing dinner. Dark red fruit on the nose. The palate is dark cherry, red plums, sweet pipe tobacco and a touch of spice. Finish was moderate in length.
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2/17/2022 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Has softened in color and impact since two years ago, adding harmonious savory qualities and tomato skin to the basket of red fruits and spice. Perfectly matched with rack of lamb and wilted celery with mint.
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3/12/2021 - hargy Likes this wine: 90 Points
lovely wine, full of red fruits and with just enough acidity - drinking very nicely now but may well improve -
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10/27/2020 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Pale color for a California pinot, this offers cherry, cactus pear, hops and vanilla in a very pleasant package, though lighter-bodied and more reticent than is my impression of the Calera style.
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6/7/2020 - Swanywawa Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lovely light, bright crimson with a bouquet of red cherry and vanilla. Mouthful of effervescent vanilla cherry and earthy clay. Long finish, a beautifully balanced taste. Leaves you wanting more!
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1/13/2020 - RustyI Likes this wine: 91 Points
Really great wine - very drinkable. Would buy more for sure.
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10/6/2019 - Puteljen! wrote: 90 Points
Intense nose of dark fruit, light clay, Coca-cola and hints of vanilla. On the palate fruit dominated with again cola and vanilla. Very smooth but with some nice spice and at least medium acids that provide some much needed lift. A well made wine and to be fair quite nice but a touch too heavy and fruit driven for my taste. Lacks a bit of complexity and elegance, which is what I primarily look for in Pinot. That might come with time but this was my only bottle and at the price this commands I will not seek out more.
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3/24/2019 - Omar Khayyam wrote:
Dream Big - Discover California Wine Tasting (Stockholm, Gamla Riksarkivet (old government archives building) March 2019): Fine, elegant, structured dark and with good fruit intensity. Recommended.
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