2010 Hartford / Hartford Court Pinot Noir Seascape Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  10/21/2023 - bdhanna Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Still tasting great !! At peak !!
  Perfect cork after over a dozen years in the bottle, easily removed. Consumed over two days and benefitted from oxygen. A beautiful dark burgundy color with minor oxidation and good clarity. Aromas of black cherry, raspberries, and pomegranate. Expressive flavors of red berries, currant, and spice that includes a long to medium finish of marine soil and forest floor. The Seascape vineyard is located south of Fort Ross on a panoramic ridge top west of the town of Occidental facing Bodega Bay and the Pacific Ocean, bordering the well-known Coastlands Vineyard. Planted to Dijon clones 777, 114 and 115 with some 2A. A very cold site, with grapes often picked in November. This very balanced Pinot Noir was made by winemaker Jeff Mangahas who left in late 2011 to go to Williams Selyem. The vineyard manager is Walt Chavoor. The wine has aged beautifully and may have years of life remaining if properly cellared. I have no bottles of this vintage remaining in my cellar.

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  6/14/2019 - mflesh wrote: 92 Points

  Obviously compared to the 2003 Marcassin Three Sisters Pinot, this one has more youth. This one did seem to be a little more unidimensional. Had a lot of good raspberry on the nose and up front. But the middle of this wine finds an herbal stride and finishes rather acidic. I am not sure if this one needs two more years in the cellar or should have been consumed two years PRIOR to now. But, it is actually quite delicious but lacking a bit of complexity.

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  4/16/2015 - Jmac56 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Deep purple, decent fruit, wood and tannin - has some taste of other heavier grapes.

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