This was completely closed down when I first opened it -- very little on the nose, and just a touch of sour black fruit on the palate. After checking the notes here, I recapped it and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight. By the next day it had opened up with a clove and camphor nose, and raspberry, cherry, and light spicy notes on the palate. This had good balance, and it was complex and interesting. For what I paid ($32) this was a good value. If you have one of these, either decant for a few hours or let it sleep for five years.
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10/30/2015 - Winiac wrote: 88 Points
Good balance and structure but somewhat soft mid palate. Dark fruit with integrated oak. Pretty decent wine. Had a lot of soot like sediment as well.
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12/30/2014 - pkatz wrote: 87 Points
Time has helped a bit, but this is an extremely high acid, cheap burgundian style wine, where structure dominates over fruit.
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2/4/2014 - Winiac wrote: 89 Points
A bit muscular for Pinot but very well balanced. Not a classic taste profile for Pinot. Overall good experience.
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8/10/2013 - RichardP wrote: 90 Points
This was completely closed down when I first opened it -- very little on the nose, and just a touch of sour black fruit on the palate. After checking the notes here, I recapped it and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight. By the next day it had opened up with a clove and camphor nose, and raspberry, cherry, and light spicy notes on the palate. This had good balance, and it was complex and interesting. For what I paid ($32) this was a good value. If you have one of these, either decant for a few hours or let it sleep for five years.
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12/17/2012 - BklynNeophyte wrote: 81 Points
Past peak. Fruit is largely gone.
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