2014 Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Knox Alexander

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  1/14/2024 - jgreco Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This is one of the best California Pinot Noirs I’ve ever had, particularly at this price point. Lots of earth, white pepper, cranberries, black cherry, violets, sage, toasty wood, and forest floor. Good acidity, powerful tannins still there after 10 years, and decent length on the finish. Drink now or anytime over the next 15 years.

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  1/12/2023 - ameyer430 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Nice new world pinot with some personality. Not too fruity or concentrated. More herbs and underbrush. Drinking well right now. Opens up in about a half hour. Enjoyed by all with paella.

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  12/18/2020 - tbone wrote:

  Delicious on pop and pour. Earth, subtle mature fruit and so good. Love it and glad to have another.

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  4/11/2020 - jgreco Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This bottle of the 2014 ABC Knox Alexander is significantly more evolved than my tasting notes from eighteen months ago recall (which I'm starting to think applied to the Isabelle instead of the Knox Alexander). The color is trending toward a rust brown, with a 1/2 cm clear rim. The nose is initially muted, but you can coax it out in the glass with a few swirls: red cherries, strawberries, earth, and sandal wood. This has a pleasant mouthfeel with the tannins well on their way to resolving, but some bite from the acidity. Lengthy finish with a black tea and green stems. I would drink these up before they hit 8.

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  2/1/2020 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Purchased at ABC a couple of yrs ago, double decanted for an hour, pale ruby, nose a& palate of strawberry & raspberry, soft/med. tannins, med finish; very nice & ready to drink. This was definitely not a Sonoma pinot in color or palate & blind would have guessed central coast or Oregon

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