A few years since the first/last one, this is drinking well. It's a nice New Year's Day wine with cider braised pork, black eyed peas, and caramelized onion mashed potatoes tonight. Ruby and clear. Smells like red fruits, roses, earth, fennel, dill, soil, cedar, and dry leaves. Medium body, acid, and finish, with flavors of red fruits and spice, lemon, black tea, and minerals. Restrained style, but with a bit of complexity. Really nice.
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The whole cluster really shines here with a ton of stem spice integrated with the black cherry fruit. This was pop n pour and could have used an hour of air to flesh out a bit more. Very good but give it a couple more years or a 1-2 hours of air.
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Blind. Poured off into in a 150ml bottle and tasted ~4-5 hours later. I was sure this was Burgundy with its earth-toned cherry fruit and toasted herb aromas. Texturally so elegant with more earth and clay accents to the cherry fruit.
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Served blind. I really enjoyed this wine. The aromatics had the seducing rose petal note that I love in PN. Red fruited, with cherry, loam and a lovely texture, with a finish then tightens down with structure. I like how this wine was made and for the potential it shows once the structure softens.
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1/1/2024 - studleytrey Likes this wine: 91 Points
A few years since the first/last one, this is drinking well. It's a nice New Year's Day wine with cider braised pork, black eyed peas, and caramelized onion mashed potatoes tonight. Ruby and clear. Smells like red fruits, roses, earth, fennel, dill, soil, cedar, and dry leaves. Medium body, acid, and finish, with flavors of red fruits and spice, lemon, black tea, and minerals. Restrained style, but with a bit of complexity. Really nice.
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5/6/2022 - Nanda wrote: 90 Points
The whole cluster really shines here with a ton of stem spice integrated with the black cherry fruit. This was pop n pour and could have used an hour of air to flesh out a bit more. Very good but give it a couple more years or a 1-2 hours of air.
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4/12/2020 - Nanda wrote: 92 Points
Blind. Poured off into in a 150ml bottle and tasted ~4-5 hours later. I was sure this was Burgundy with its earth-toned cherry fruit and toasted herb aromas. Texturally so elegant with more earth and clay accents to the cherry fruit.
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8/20/2019 - sdr Does not like this wine:
Disappointing, the weakest of the Pinot Noirs on display tonight. Thin and acidic, some tart cherry fruit, short.
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9/9/2018 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Served blind. I really enjoyed this wine. The aromatics had the seducing rose petal note that I love in PN. Red fruited, with cherry, loam and a lovely texture, with a finish then tightens down with structure. I like how this wine was made and for the potential it shows once the structure softens.
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