Beautiful central coast Pinot Noir that still has plenty of live left! Tannins are almost completely integrated and the fruit is almost completely secondary. Still has notes of ripe cherry and strawberry, but they are overwhelmed, in a great way, by a green stemmy quality, pepper, cola, and a baking spice component balanced by plenty of acidity. I think this is at a perfect point, but will sit on the other one for awhile to see what happens.
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Focused, Supple, Ripe, Tea leaf, Graphite, Raspberry, Wild strawberry on the nose. Lots of structure and savoury notes on the palate. Cab drinker style of PInot. Elegant and refined finish.
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Sad this is my last bottle of this vintage. Great again. Complex, smokey with muted stawberry and spice on the palate. Some residual acid, but would not say "crisp". Nice medium finish.
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9/16/2017 - bkc1428 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beautiful central coast Pinot Noir that still has plenty of live left! Tannins are almost completely integrated and the fruit is almost completely secondary. Still has notes of ripe cherry and strawberry, but they are overwhelmed, in a great way, by a green stemmy quality, pepper, cola, and a baking spice component balanced by plenty of acidity. I think this is at a perfect point, but will sit on the other one for awhile to see what happens.
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10/8/2015 - oly172006 wrote: 91 Points
Focused, Supple, Ripe, Tea leaf, Graphite, Raspberry, Wild strawberry on the nose. Lots of structure and savoury notes on the palate.
Cab drinker style of PInot. Elegant and refined finish.
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11/26/2014 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 92 Points
Last of our 2008's. This has improved with age, I hope the '09's perform as well.
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9/12/2014 - Ecoenophile wrote: 92 Points
Sad this is my last bottle of this vintage. Great again. Complex, smokey with muted stawberry and spice on the palate. Some residual acid, but would not say "crisp". Nice medium finish.
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3/27/2014 - Rick.Bennett Likes this wine: 89 Points
Consistent and tremendous value from Wine Access. Unfortunately, no more for sale.
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