2011 Kutch Pinot Noir McDougall Ranch

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  1/1/2024 - Grape_ape Likes this wine: 92 Points

  this still surprisingly youthful and the fruit quite fresh yet just developing some secondary flavors... would not have guessed this is 12 years old by any stretch

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  8/20/2023 - Tim336 wrote: 89 Points

  Age is definitely a Kutch's friend, but this one may have been badly stored or just an off bottle: a bit tart and disjointed, some stewed notes on the finish. I generally quite like the McDougall Ranch bottlings but I think I'd forgotten how dark and burly they can be - I was expecting something a bit more like the Sonoma and that may have colored my view. Still, I'll look to open my other 2011's sooner rather than later.

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  7/14/2023 - suburbanfrog wrote: 94 Points

  Jamie Kutch did it again Another wine upon release that was OK in my book and lacked a little ripe fruit and was mostly tart fruit, but 10 years later, “HOLY COW!” Cherries here and cherries there. Did I add I really tasted Cherries? What phenomenal development. It even got better the next day which is a sign there’s more age ability in this wine. Congratulations Jamie.

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  4/19/2022 - thelostverse wrote: 92 Points

  Paired beautifully with a pork tenderloin in a Door County cherry marinade. Loads of red fruit and a touch of brown sugar. Medium finish with a bit of grit still present in the tannins. It’s been open three plus hours and is still singing. I suggested to my wife that we should drink up as I thought this might diminish quickly, but it’s still kicking. 92+

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  4/19/2021 - Tpety wrote: flawed

  Bottle was flawed or I just really do not like Pinot Noir. One sip taken and will hold for day two.

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