2013 Ghostwriter Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 89.6 points

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  11/13/2021 - tward Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Excellent and a perfect pairing for rack of lamb with some Moroccan spices (sous vide rare and then grilled over high heat for 4-5 minutes, turning often). This lamb had a sweet succulence to it that along with the spice married perfectly with this Pinot.
  
  Elegant style but with a sappy core, stunning purity of Pinot fruit, just starting to see the edges of aged character. The wine isn't particularly complex. It's not about breadth, but about purity and a combination of ethereal fruit and sneaky depth of flavor all very clean and pure.
  
  If I had well-stored bottles, I'd adjust the CT drinking window out more years. Then again, why wait.
  
  13.0% abv
  
  I had to do a double take and go to my receipts to confirm that, yes, I did pay $15 USD this year for this during an online "bin sale". Add tax and $2/btl shipping at it's $18+ all-in delivered. 750 ml. Wow. Stunning QPR there! This would have been a solid buy at the regular price of $34.

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  11/20/2017 - vindictive wrote:

  Very nice now, excellent structure and weight; better with additional time in the bottle. I would hold a few more years, but lovely now.

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  5/21/2017 - gregg g wrote:

  Fucking stunning bottle. Lithe, lacy, refined, red fruited gains depth with air. Velvet texture. Beautiful wine I could drink all the time. Easy ringer for Chambolle.

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  4/15/2017 - drivingrain wrote: 86 Points

  Floral nose. Light on the palate and lacking sweetness; not necessarily a recipe for a long stay in the cellar. Drinkable, not memorable. Perhaps held too long.

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  8/22/2016 - vindictive wrote:

  Still a big wine and too young. Complex wine, it has a more vegetal, sous bois character (to its advantage) than the typical Napa pinots. It is a little hotter than I like at 13%, but it has good material. Would keep for at least 5 years and see what happens

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