2012 Thomas Fogarty Pinot Noir Henry Ayrton's Block Rapley Trail Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  4/22/2017 - Wine Canuck wrote: 87 Points

  A Visit to Thomas Fogarty Winery (Thomas Fogarty Winery): Pleasant enough, but I found this leaning back to the candied fruit profile and lacking in complexity. The alcohol is also noted. Not really enough there to warrant a higher score.

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  11/4/2016 - csimm wrote: 84 Points

  Thomas Fogarty Winery (Santa Cruz - Skyline): What should have been the grand finale of the signature Pinot lineup from Fogarty ended up, not surprisingly, a total dud. Same old song with the watery and diluted flavor profile, even less so when compared with the other Rapley Trail version. Disappointing and forgettable. I'll stick with their Chardonnays.
  
  The "In the Pursuit of Balance" methodologies practiced in the winemaking showed to disastrous effect. As mentioned in my other notes about this producer, I don't disagree with the idea IPOB conceptually, but what I have found is that nearly EVERY producer who has latched on to this kumbaya trend has in fact not created a balanced wine, but has instead created forgettable wines without any personalities whatsoever. Not shockingly, Fogarty has fallen victim to this Scientology of winemaking. Their Manifesto of Balance (no I didn't make that up) cites that the genius of Pinot is in its subtly and poise. But what of character? What of depth? What of tiered flavor profiles? What of intensity? What of any discernible personality that tells you something, anything, about this wine?

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  2/27/2016 - milesskorpen wrote: 90 Points

  Distinct (though light) oak influence mellowing out some strong acid and spice.

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  11/27/2015 - burgundylover Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Paired with baked and smoked turkeys. Very nice but can use a few years to work off the edges.

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