1999 Talley Vineyards Pinot Noir Rincon Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  6/14/2012 - chcook wrote:

  Popped and poured. Cork perfect. Color garnet with bricking edges. Nose showing barnyard and damp earth. On palate this is soft smooth and rich with more prominent fruit than the nose foretells. Finish medium length and just a hint stemmy at the end. Becomes more spice based with air. really great tonight but has time ahead for sure.

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  10/29/2009 - bigwineguy420 wrote: 94 Points

  Wow! This was a perfectly stored bottle brought by Paul David from his bedrock cellar carved out of the Rocky Mountains. Still youthful, this had a crazy intense nose of pine, moss and forest floor, morels and truffle. On the palate, there were explosive notes of bing cherries and a touch of cola. The wine had great acid and still plenty of length in the finish. If your wines are stored as well as this example, I see no need to rush to drink this. Could go another 5 years at this plateau. One of the more impressive CA Pinots I've had in some time.

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  10/26/2009 - bon vivant wrote:

  took to dinner with Ebbe in NY -no official note but showed very well with lots of dark fruit some nice notes of sous bois & a nice balanced finish. - in a good place should drink well for another 3-5 yrs.

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  11/27/2008 - stevetimko wrote: 93 Points

  These '99 Talley Rincons have been all over the place I can see from reading the CellarTracker! notes. I suspect that's why I was able to pick this up off eBob's Commerce Corner for $30. This one was definitely a home run, provided you don't mind brett. It's a Rhonish Talley, but I loved this wine. Definite brett and funk on the nose, along with some spices and maybe some burned cinnamon. On the palate, a profound sweet dark cherry on the attack and mid palate along with nice earthiness, reminding me a little bit of Oregon. Or maybe it's the residual effect of the brett. Nice depth to the flavors with some tea-like flavors kicking in on the mid-palate. Texture of silk. Still a little bit of tannin left. I think this bottle could have used another year in the cellar. But a nice balance and a nice finish, although not as nice as the 2002 or 2003.

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  9/19/2008 - WetRock wrote:

  Very slight spritz once poured that fades quickly with swirling. Initially overly tart with the fruit hiding this opened better with about 30 minutes of air. Showed some piney herbals reminiscent of a Sonoma Coast Pinot. Fruit picked up bringing some dark cherry. Good acidity this was nicely styled but not exactly seamless. These 99's seem to be all over the place.

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