2015 Goodfellow Family Cellars Pinot Noir Heritage No. 5

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  3/25/2024 - fingers Likes this wine: 94 Points

  My first whiff and taste of a Goodfellow PN. The bouquet at the pop triggered an immediate childhood memory of when my Dad would take me to the burger place down the street (Connals in Pasadena, if you're wondering) and we would get Boston shakes. Strawberry shake, ice cream, whipped cream, nuts, chocolate sprinkles, and a cherry on top. I get the same profile and satisfaction out of this, 50+ years on :)
  To be a little more technical and useful, the color is a lightly saturated ruby with a tiny haze and a clear meniscus. No sediment. The nose is generous, and the palate is equally delectable. There is a wonderful play around the acidity that involves the mineral and chalky aspects to create this bit of creaminess. It's a beautiful thing when a wine so delicate and elegant can show this depth and structure at 9 yrs old.
  4+13+18+9= 94

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  12/15/2023 - ex-sommelier Likes this wine:

  No specific notes, just really firing on all cylinders right now. While it is far enough along to be open and showing all its cards, it is also still very primary with tons of fruit and a lovely mid weight texture. Saving my other bottle for a while.

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  1/29/2023 - 87tellub Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Popped and poured. Light to medium ruby with traces of garnet. Nose is balanced between voluptuous fruit notes and a mineral streak - it's very pretty. Palate is bursting with intensity. Lovely mouthfeel. Gobs of red berry fruit and cranberry. Fruit is dense and concentrated. Yum.
  
  Night 2 update: last glass of this gives off a nose with the most intensity and complexity of anything I've had recently.
  
  My conclusion is if you have more than 1 of this, pop one now for some primetime pleasure. Save the rest for the years to come as no great rush. There was zero sediment in this bottle.

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  12/16/2022 - dnddrinkwine Likes this wine:

  Justbreathe nailed the note below. On initial open, this was very sour and had quite an advanced nose. Decanted for five hours, put it back in the bottle for another two with the cork in it. This needed every bit of air and became something completely different, so much so that my wife thought I brought a different bottle to dinner. It was still a little shy on the nose but had beautiful soft flavors of earth and spice, not that there wasn't fruit or it was advanced, simply played a backseat. Very elegant and paired well with a wide variety of dishes.

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  4/27/2022 - JustBreathe680 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  In anticipation of a pending library release, I wanted to check in on this bottle. The bottle was purchased directly from Goodfellow as part of a mixed 6-pack during Berserker Day 13 (BD13). The wine was Double Decanted (DD) at cellar temperature of 55 degrees with the cork removed for approximately 60 minutes. I removed approximately 1.5 ounces before returning the wine to the bottle. The wine was consumed over approximately 4.5 hours out of a Conterno Sensory glass.
  
  The experience was a tail of 2 wines. The initial 1.5 ounces was slightly pungent with a sour taste. There was minimal fruit on the nose or flavor. The first glass was poured after 1 hour of the double decant and the initial experience nose and taste was starting to blow off but still had a slight presence. This glass had aromas of red cherry, flowers, earth, and some barnyard. The flavors were of under-ripe/sour red cherries, cranberries, and some minerality. There was high acidity with what appeared to be a light body.
  
  After the first glass, the bottle sat at 55 degrees in a U-Line U-Chill with the cork removed for approximately 3 hours before the next glass was poured. Boy am I glad that I returned for another glass after letting it sit open for several hours. It was a totally different wine. Now it gained some weight and was leaning more medium bodied. The bouquet integrated and now displayed floral aromas, minerality and baking spices. The palate was slightly red fruited with red cherry and raspberry. There was a predominant presence spice and earthiness. The wine was no longer pungent or sour. It had medium- tannins and medium acidity. It was well integrated with good balance.
  
  If I was to rate this wine from my initial glass, it would have received a score around a 90 but my final glass was very intellectual and enjoyable raising my rating to 93-94 points.
  
  I have 1 bottle left and I will either hold for a few more years or if I don't have the patience, I will either do a long DD. Alternatively, I may just pop the cork, remove an ounce or two and let it slow ox with no decant or DD for several hours before consuming. I'm not sure how the wine will respond to a long regular decant. Younger Goodfellow wines have a tendency of shutting down with a regular straight decant and that is the primary reason for me steering clear of a straight decant but it may have enough age on it to not shut down and get it to where you want it to be quicker than a DD or slow ox.

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