My first of several. Plummy, purple fruit flavors, medium plus body, plush but acidity makes it lively rather than heavy and….a slight bit of Brett or stem gives this complexity.
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These have begun showing Brett/funk, but this bottle is clean. My first without the horseshit kiss. PnP. Forest floor, wet sticks, and a bramble pie cooling by a distant window. This is Autumn Pinot at its most perfect. Plush mouthfeel with viscosity like a mild reduction (not reductive). While the tannin has faded, the concentration provide more than expected structure.
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(Rhys Pinot Noir Family Farm Vineyard) Dark ruby color; stems, savory, green bean, green bean casserole nose; tight, stemmy, thin tart red fruit palate with firm tannins; needs 7 years; medium-plus finish
(Rhys Pinot Noir Family Farm Vineyard) Barrel sample - medium dark cherry red color with pale meniscus; big, menthol, sweet green herb, sweet green pepper nose with a touch of chocolate oak; tasty, smoky, tart cherry, tart black cherry, sweet green peppercorn, smoke palate with some menthol; medium-plus finish 92-94 pts. (100% whole cluster; 13.3% alcohol; 40% new French oak)
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11/14/2023 - grafstrb wrote: flawed
Bretty, but drinkable.
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2/15/2023 - Charlie Carnes wrote:
Too bad for FF 2009😫
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1/13/2023 - JRB1 Likes this wine: 94 Points
My first of several. Plummy, purple fruit flavors, medium plus body, plush but acidity makes it lively rather than heavy and….a slight bit of Brett or stem gives this complexity.
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8/19/2022 - grafstrb wrote: flawed
Bretty
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8/19/2022 - yaCellar Likes this wine: 94 Points
These have begun showing Brett/funk, but this bottle is clean. My first without the horseshit kiss. PnP. Forest floor, wet sticks, and a bramble pie cooling by a distant window. This is Autumn Pinot at its most perfect. Plush mouthfeel with viscosity like a mild reduction (not reductive). While the tannin has faded, the concentration provide more than expected structure.
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