2011 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Gatekeepers

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  5/9/2020 - CPSchoeff Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Ruby garnet and translucent. A: gorgeous and full of damp earth/wood, Rose, and spice. F: deep, pure, rich and graceful earth and red plum, raspberry, and a peppery note. Bright and energetic finish. Beautiful.
  
  Decided to post another note to update my rating of this wine to a new score of 93, but it turns out I used the same number a year ago! Superb stuff! Looking at recent notes, Drew is clearly my favorite producer of Cali Pinot, especially in the leaner years.

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  3/9/2019 - CPSchoeff Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Brief notes, lots of wines...Pale ruby, floral and red fruit, and some herbs and spices. Palate pure, precise, gracious, complex. Soft and open later during dinner, showing even more depth to the red fruit and earthy components. Wonderfully bright at the end, hard to not hide the bottle!
  
  This was the all around winner with no fewer than 5 tasters picking this as their favorite wine of the night. Tasted alongside Gevrey Chambertin VV and St Innocent Temperance Hill, this one received a unanimous vote, though two tasters waffled between the GC and this one.

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  7/20/2018 - Chris Lorenzen wrote:

  Not good. Lots of acid Bad bottle.

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  9/10/2017 - blisscompound Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Yes this taste like fog and cool coastal air. Really excellent. Terroir clarity comes through in a beautiful way.

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  3/25/2016 - blisscompound Likes this wine: 92 Points

  You know the cliche is about to be dropped. Turn away now before you keep reading on. ::: Burgundian ����

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