2004 Siduri Pinot Noir Sonatera Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (25) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  9/20/2013 - Senso-beak wrote: 92 Points

  Opened on a Friday night with dinner, pours a dark ruby, this full bodied pinot was firing well tonight. Musky oaky overtones on the nose, with deep intense fruit of blacks/blues and reds, highlighting pomegranate, cherry, black raspberry and strawberry. Ripe, toasty oak compliments. This was excellent tonight at 9 years out.

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  4/19/2012 - Senso-beak wrote: 90 Points

  Conducted a Mini-V with the 2005 bottling. This one opened up with a bit of barnyard which quickly blew off. At 15.1% vs 14.9%, this bigger wine resonated as the bigger wine in all facets. The nose is more hedonistic, showing more fruit and less toasted oak. There's dripping strawberry syrup, with some cola and raspberry. Fuller and fruitier, with a longer finish. Day two shows a remarkable transformation and adjustment, as the '05 roars to the fore and transcends the fine showing of this '04 the prior evening. This '04 has rounded out and mellowed out, showing heat on the nose and finish. Plenty of fruit still, with warm ripe raspberry and black cherry, with a glyceric fatness produced by the high ABV. I am solidifying agreement that 7 years out is a prime drinking window for the bold Cali Pinots such as this.

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  8/8/2011 - rcurlee wrote: 93 Points

  - Garnet color with slow forming legs and aromas of strawberry with a hint of dust. It's very well balanced and has flavors of blackberry and fig with a light/medium body. The texture is smooth and has a nice long extremely pleasant finish. Sonatera is one of the hidden gems in the Siduri lineup with the big names like Hirsch, Pisoni, Gary's, Rosella's, and Keefer Ranch. I love this Sonoma Coast wine and it still has gobs of lucious fruit. Don't hesitate to drink, but don't be in a hurry to drink them up. I wish I had more. unfortunately this is my last bottle of this vintage.

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  4/7/2011 - zscheiner Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Blind Tasting 2004 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noirs (Tom's House, Palo Alto, CA): Big, pretty nose of warm baking spices. Ripe black cherry fruit, ever so slightly jammy, but nicely balanced with moderate acidity. (my 4th, group's 1st)

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  1/14/2010 - Senso-beak wrote: 90 Points

  Located near Sebastopol, this Sonoma vineyard's name combines aspects of song and sonnet -- music and poetry -- with terra, the land. Owners Debra and Marne believe wine is the song of the soil, bottled poetry which celebrates the nuances of the land in which it is grown. Thus, Sonatera. Planted in '99 to Dijon clones 667, 777, 115 and Pommard 4 grafted on 101-14 and 3304 rootstock, this wine is light ruby to clear on the rim. Inital barn-o-funk pinot note blows off quickly, rapidly giving way to dark earthy cola aromas of ripe plum, black fruit and lots of toast. Warmth and agitation opens the door to additional red fruits - raspberry/strawberry, a light floral component as well in the upper atmosphere. A lot of wood/toast at this point in the palate gives this wine a heavy dense feel - this dominates the mouthfeel and supercedes the flavors of cranberry, currant and citric pith masked below through the mid and finish. Nice prune element at the tail end of the finish. 15.1% hidden well. Day two+ continues the growing theme of darkness - toast char, black olive, black cherry fruit, plum/prune notes with some fruit fade compared to day one - probably the toast/wood. Overall a big toasted oak themed pinot with a dark personality.

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