2008 Saintsbury Pinot Noir Carneros

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 87.0 points

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  12/11/2013 - GregGH wrote: 83 Points

  last of bottles in cellar -- noticed previous comment on too sweet ...this was not ... but awkward ... unimpressed

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  8/29/2013 - jviz Likes this wine: 88 Points

  A pretty interesting pinot -- quite different than several other nearby producers I've tried. Cool inviting nose, not much woody scent that I associate with Carneros. It has lots of cranberry on the palate but is quite muted. Agree with the musty comments, but this is a well made wine overall.

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  8/15/2013 - slumlordess Likes this wine:

  The wine looks garnet colored. It smells like red berries and some mustiness. It has a pretty hardy musty taste ... there is some fruit but not sweet... more fragrant. Some bcurrant (cassis). Drinking well now. Don't hold for much longer.

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  8/12/2013 - belfast taxman wrote: 88 Points

  Soft fruited (but not sweet) with some pleasing chewiness in the mouth - unlikely to get better but should drink well for a few years yet.

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  4/27/2013 - davidpsd45 wrote: 86 Points

  Dusty entry, muted Pinot bouquet. Plenty of tannic grip in the mouth, still going strong 5 hours after opening. Brown-black notes to nose and flavour: *pain grillé*, asphalt, black plums. Seemed angry - cross to have been woken too soon from its bottled sleep?

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