2002 Sokol Blosser Pinot Noir Dundee Hills

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  3/31/2017 - walkerjfw wrote: 93 Points

  At the "Earth" tasting, library selections. Have liked their wines over the years but haven't owned as many as i should...
  
  Ruby red, clear, no signs of age. Nose was red fruits and earth, expressive and still youthful. Palate showed a brambly/briary red fruit, plums, red candy and spicecake...nicely aged, elegant mouthfeel. Medium finish. May be in its prime right now, a surprise to the upside. Maybe the best wine at this tasting...

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  4/30/2016 - joel_weller wrote: 92 Points

  Back in April of 2009 I had a glass of 2002 Sokol Blosser Dundee Hills at the Blu Cork Wine Bar in Newport and fell in love. It was beautifully fragrant, flavorful and full of potential so I bought J.T.’s last two bottles and laid them down in my cellar! (This Pinot Noir is already 6 years old!) Well last night I opened my last bottle to enjoy with my wife’s delicious seared rare Ahi steaks. My patience was rewarded 10-fold by the gods of wine. It’s color still ruby red and clarity near perfect, it burst open immediately with a rich earthy and spicy nose. The taste required half an hour in the glass but then erupted into dark, dark red and black fruits - perfectly ripened and merging into cinnamon and pepper notes that continued into the long, long finish. Delightful! A wine like that will bring tears to your eyes and make you forget to eat your food. But don’t forget, to obtain that reward you must find a good bottle, lay it down in your cellar and forget it’s there!

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  8/24/2009 - mjf@ulkner wrote: 90 Points

  Fuller bodied than I remembered previous bottles. Intensely strawberry flavored. Sad this is my last bottle.

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  5/28/2009 - twofthrs wrote: 90 Points

  Very nice new world Pinot Noir.

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  4/9/2009 - twofthrs wrote: 90 Points

  Still a lot of life left in this. Nice fruit and body.

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