2003 Ten Minutes by Tractor Pinot Noir Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  7/27/2008 - jordanj wrote: 92 Points

  Mish Mash of wines (My house): Very powerful nose that did not resemble pinot, more like a Gigondas with some cab franc. The nose evolved all night but it was always compelling and very interesting. The wine is well made and a thrill to drink even though I would probably get bored of this after 6 bottles or so. My first australiuan pinot and was very impressed.

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  7/27/2008 - KeithAkers wrote: 92 Points

  an easy sunday afternoon in the great white north (gurnee IL, jordan's house): this was presented blind to me
  
  nose: very interesting and shifting nose. At first there are some smoked game tones to where I thought this may be an aged chateauneuf but some rusted iron tones started to come through for a quick second to where it almost seemed like an aged st emilion. Once it was revealed and I put it in the right glass, more pinot noir characteristics came through with black and red cherries, herbs, bits of spices, and more smoked game tones. The more it sat in the glass, the more pronounced the black and red cherries became while the game started to go away a bit. At this point it was a very interesting nose
  
  taste: great feel with pure flavors of raspberry, black cherries, red cherries, bits of cranberry sauce, and spice tones. Very velvety and focused with the flavors
  
  overall: a real delight and surprise. Very nice natural and tart acidity gives this some backbone with a great velvety feel. Very smooth and seamless attack of raspberry with a pleasurable mid palate of black cherry finishing off with some spice and cranberry sauce. Once the more pinot noir characteristics came through, I would've guessed it to be more of a traditional oregon style pinot noir. A very interesting wine right now that I will be on the lookout for

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  6/9/2006 - mrboomi wrote: 89 Points

  A very sumptuous, velvety pinot.

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  4/4/2006 - CamWheeler wrote: 88 Points

  Shows slightly more stalk and earth than the 10X Pinot, also has notes of sour cherry as well as some oak that comes in over the top. Palate has good structure and length, but the oak needs to back off and let the other characters come to the fore in the next 3 to 4 years for this to reach its potential.

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