1999 Saintsbury Pinot Noir Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  12/26/2020 - oldwines Likes this wine: 96 Points

  In my cellar since release and the last bottle of multiple cases we had served for our wedding. This was a nice surprise in my view as I found this in a lower bin in the cellar, long overlooked. Still, it looked bright, medium ruby crimson with a very fragrant and foreword nose. Roses cherry, minerals, charcoal, vanilla, and more layers of complexity on both the nose and palate. Still shockingly youthful. This was clearly a Cali Pinot but it had a nice acid backbone and a certain Burgundian sensibility about it. Very enjoyable with braised leg of lamb and a solid few notches better with the dish than the other reds we had tonight. Savory and gamy, spiced and still reasonably fruited. Long finish and chewy in texture. Really quite a surprisingly youthful and complex wine that was unanimously the wine of the night by a hair over the 1983 Cristal.

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  1/10/2018 - The compass wine Likes this wine:

  Surprisingly it was still good. It took awhile to open up, still jammy and floral as a PN would be.
  The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle.

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  10/8/2008 - rherman wrote: 89 Points

  anniversary wine. hanging on.

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  9/27/2008 - Bacchant wrote: flawed

  Shame, this was likely a really nice bottle of wine at some point.

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  8/6/2006 - rherman wrote: 89 Points

  Nice surprise. Just starting to hint at brick. Still a little fruit left with some earthy, secondary notes starting to come through. A little hot on the finish but great with strip loins on the barbeque. Will last a few more years but won't get any better.

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