Bright brick color. Pretty root beer & cola aromas with a slight bing cherry edge & some citrus pith. Interesting & nice nose. Light entry of sweet red cherry with cola & brown spice. Finishes tart & a tad bitter. Needs food to tame the finish. OK.
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I had a bottle of this wine each of the past two nights. I liked the first bottle so much that I went out and picked up another one for the following evening. Notes of spice, judicious use of vanilla oak, and cola. No alcoholic heat and just the slightest bit of fine grained tannin. Pretty well balanced and not monolithic and huge. It had cooler climate aromatics and freshness to it considering it's from Carneros. This was right in our wheelhouse and with another year in bottle it could be special. At $25 it's a bargain in my book.
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4/19/2012 - jimkay21 wrote: 87 Points
87 pointer. no way around it
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4/1/2011 - jimkay21 wrote: 87 Points
Improved (less biting acidity) around 2 hours after decanting. Sour cherry, no complexity
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3/12/2011 - Ladybird53 wrote: 86 Points
Juicy enjoyable
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11/21/2010 - JohnMacCal wrote: 89 Points
Very enjobable Pinot! Not an overly done nose and soft tannins with hints of deep fruit.
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10/22/2010 - ed-d wrote: 89 Points
Bright brick color. Pretty root beer & cola aromas with a slight bing cherry edge & some citrus pith. Interesting & nice nose. Light entry of sweet red cherry with cola & brown spice. Finishes tart & a tad bitter. Needs food to tame the finish. OK.
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5/22/2010 - snipes Likes this wine:
I had a bottle of this wine each of the past two nights. I liked the first bottle so much that I went out and picked up another one for the following evening. Notes of spice, judicious use of vanilla oak, and cola. No alcoholic heat and just the slightest bit of fine grained tannin. Pretty well balanced and not monolithic and huge. It had cooler climate aromatics and freshness to it considering it's from Carneros. This was right in our wheelhouse and with another year in bottle it could be special. At $25 it's a bargain in my book.
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5/7/2010 - ed-d wrote: 87 Points
Juicy & pure for a relatively inexpensive pinot noir. Nice.
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