Medium nose shows black cherry, orange peel, potpourri, bing cherry, raspberry, dried herbs. Palate gives layers of fruit, tasty, various cherries, cranberry, reminds of a gastrique, nice concentration, some underlying earth or forest feel, pine bark in there, dried baking spice. Structure pretty full bodied for Pinot, medium tannins, medium plus alcohol (14%), medium plus finish.
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By the glass at the BA lounge. Fresh bottle. 6 months since we tried this last ( Papies 87) and this has now improved for our style quite a lot. It has shed the exuberance and ripeness and it's a lot more balanced and restrained. Almost as if it grew up and now it's a lot more mature and elegant proposition. A solid 90!
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By the glass at the BA lounge. Fresh bottle. Quite a textbook new world Pinot. Rich and ripe, spicy nose, light to medium sweet fruit on the palate, red berries and very forward. One needs to like the style to enjoy this. A touch too obvious and sweet for us. 87
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Medium ruby Clean, medium (+) intensity aromas of ripe red and black cherry, strawberry, violets, smoke, clove, forest floor. Developing. The palate is dry, medium (+) acidity, medium (-) ripe fine grained tannins, medium (+) alcohol, medium (+) body, medium (+) flavours similar to nose, very juicy. Medium (+) finish. VG, can drink now, suitable for further ageing.
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3/26/2018 - GTFreek wrote:
Medium nose shows black cherry, orange peel, potpourri, bing cherry, raspberry, dried herbs. Palate gives layers of fruit, tasty, various cherries, cranberry, reminds of a gastrique, nice concentration, some underlying earth or forest feel, pine bark in there, dried baking spice. Structure pretty full bodied for Pinot, medium tannins, medium plus alcohol (14%), medium plus finish.
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10/5/2017 - Papies wrote: 90 Points
By the glass at the BA lounge. Fresh bottle.
6 months since we tried this last ( Papies 87) and this has now improved for our style quite a lot. It has shed the exuberance and ripeness and it's a lot more balanced and restrained. Almost as if it grew up and now it's a lot more mature and elegant proposition. A solid 90!
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4/5/2017 - Papies wrote: 87 Points
By the glass at the BA lounge. Fresh bottle.
Quite a textbook new world Pinot. Rich and ripe, spicy nose, light to medium sweet fruit on the palate, red berries and very forward. One needs to like the style to enjoy this. A touch too obvious and sweet for us. 87
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12/19/2016 - ManhattanBeach Likes this wine:
BA First Class. Big ripe fruit and oak.
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11/6/2016 - Andrewbdc Likes this wine: 90 Points
Medium ruby
Clean, medium (+) intensity aromas of ripe red and black cherry, strawberry, violets, smoke, clove, forest floor. Developing.
The palate is dry, medium (+) acidity, medium (-) ripe fine grained tannins, medium (+) alcohol, medium (+) body, medium (+) flavours similar to nose, very juicy. Medium (+) finish.
VG, can drink now, suitable for further ageing.
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