2014 Briceland Vineyards Pinot Noir Phelps Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  5/20/2023 - wineshlub wrote: 92 Points

  Popped and poured. Delicate, tangy cherry aroma. Clean red fruit flavor followed by a kick of loam. Earthy notes in the pleasantly bitter finish. Tight and restrained when first opened but quickly starts to open up. Excellent now, could get even better.

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  12/7/2021 - fred o. Likes this wine: 92 Points

  13.6% abv.
  Per label, “After pressing, the wine was put into oak barrels to age for over one year… unfined and unfiltered… 71 cases were produced in 2014.”
  
  Intact cork.
  Ruby color with transparency at the edges.
  Nose some polished black cherries, hint of spice.
  Palate initially nondescript, with time some chalky tannins, then black cherries with noticeable minerality.
  On day 2, more soft accessible fruit with hint of earth.
  
  Still seems young and structured, but nice balance, doesn't taste new world (in a good way!)

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  1/1/2021 - maxmanx wrote:

  Best glass was on the 2nd day! Decant a lot or hold.

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  10/4/2020 - Doc2 Likes this wine:

  Clear Ruby color. Nose of red fruit. This really needed an hour to open up. After that I tasted raspberry, strawberry, citrus - seemed closest to red grapefruit, baking spices. Mild tannins. Medium acidity.

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  8/9/2019 - Richard P Howden wrote: 89 Points

  Light red fruit nose, attractive cherry palate with nice balance.

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