2008 Domaine Serene Pinot Noir Evenstad Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (254) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  12/3/2023 - galewskj wrote: 92 Points

  Pop and pour, drank half the bottle over 2 hours. The fruit has faded a bit, and there is a lot of structure left. If a pinot can be full-bodied, this is it. There are secondary flavors of tobacco and leather, lots of interest and intensity. The finish is long. Just a touch over the hill compared to bottles a few years ago, but it still has a lot going for it. I'll drink my last bottle in a year.

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  11/13/2023 - RJMoskat Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Lovely!

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  10/31/2022 - Winiac wrote: 89 Points

  Opened up after 40 min of decanting. Still together, drinkable and fairly fresh, but it is past peak. Did not have the acidity to keep it fully alive.

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  10/30/2022 - hiker_guy Likes this wine:

  Served with beef bourguignon
  Popped and poured 15 minutes in glass before tasting
  
  Nose is outstanding, floral, heavy roses, cinnamon (?) notes, really quite nice
  Palate is silky smooth, dense but light as a feather, really quite a beautiful wine. If I’m being critical it has a slight heaviness on the finish but that is being too critical.
  I enjoyed it and would buy again.

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  4/5/2022 - prasm Likes this wine: 94 Points

  PnP on day 1, no formal note written but informally scored 92-94, vacuvined and refrigerated for 4 days, note from day 5. Appearance: Clear, pale ruby with slight edge browning. Nose: Clean, pronounced intensity with complex developed aromas of perfectly ripe cherry, black raspberry, rose petal, shoe leather, tobacco, and hints of cinnamon - WOW! Palate: Dry, medium+ acid, medium tannin, medium body, medium+ intensity, 14.1% abv with developed flavors of cherry, black raspberry, leather, red licorice, and hints of earth with a long finish. This is peaking right now, can't imagine this getting any better - wonderful fruit notes are balanced by tertiary notes of leather and tobacco, great complexity and intensity with lengthy finish - everything one could ask for from a wine - oh, and this was after being open for 4 days. Peaking now, but has the stuffing to last another 2-3 years easily.

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