2015 Lingua Franca Pinot Noir Tongue 'n Cheek

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  3/8/2024 - 87tellub Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Light to medium garnet. Nose is bright, red fruit, floral, brown sugar/cinnamon. Very nice depth on the initial entry. Creamy black raspberry with more of that cinnamon spice, but also a little bit of a darker twiggy stemmy forest floor type earthiness. Lovely palate with a bit of structure but balanced.
  
  Drinking wonderfully. Still more primary than anything else.

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  2/5/2022 - flussier Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Robe cerise très pâle légèrement trouble. Nez sur la cerise très présent. Long en bouche et complexe, sur des arômes de mures, fruit rouge, sang, terreux et un côté de poivron vert. Assez typique des arômes de l’Oregon. Bon en ce moment, pourrait vieillir encore 1-2 ans.

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  11/23/2021 - RJJK wrote:

  Don't know where we got it...possibly Holly

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  5/7/2021 - Rollerball wrote:

  This relaxed and cushioned and tantalized with complexity after 3 hours in the decanter.

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  12/29/2020 - IvanLi Likes this wine: 94 Points

  A great Burgundy pinot as well as a truly great Californian one are otherworldly and completely ethereal, highly aromatic wines and as far as Oregon goes I don't find this to be the case.
  The latter seem to be more somber and dark fruited with somewhat muted nose and black fruit and earth infused palate (think Pommard on steroids).
  In this particular case the aforementioned statement is quite true in my opinion, at the same time the TnC delivers a delightful tasting experience with a rounded mouthfeel and plush feel. Loads of dark fruits, some earth, some sous bois. Can be taken for Merlot in a blind tasting , yet there is this distinctive Pinot character and Oregonian of course.

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