2001 Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  6/11/2016 - kkrahenbuhl Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Beautiful aged Pinot.

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  5/5/2009 - Mark wrote: 92 Points

  Tasting note from memory. This was certainly a surprise, the best example of an aged Loring that I have ever had. Unfortunately, this is not the norm, in my experience. Still, it had a velvety richness, dry lush fruit and a medium long finish. Fantastic. It reminded me of some of the best Dehlinger Reserves that I've had.

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  1/5/2008 - SteveHyde wrote:

  This is the best Loring wine I've ever had. I began buying Brian's wines early on his career as a winemaker, and continued for several years, drawn as much by the energy and enthusiasm of the winemakers as the wines themselves. Over time, however, I realized that Cal Pinot is not a wine that appeals to me, and I began dropping off of lists. Going through the cellar, I turned up this one bottle. Knowing Brian's preference for drinking his wines young, I didn't know what to expect from this 2001. What a nice surprise. Gone were the heat and over-the-top extraction I'd noted in its youth. In its place was a more subtle, more complex and beguiling wine. Very nice.

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  5/26/2007 - Paul Lin wrote: 90 Points

  Loring Retrospective (Orange County, CA): The first bottle had a nice nose of cherry and earth with mature sour cherry and black tea flavors. The second bottle had some terrific grilled meat flavors and was, according to my palate, the better bottle. First bottle: 89 points. Second bottle: 91 points. Average: 90 points.

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  2/18/2007 - Colima74 wrote: 88 Points

  Took to Fratello's for SLH tasting. Showing age in the glass: rusty color. Nose a bit reticent. Crushed flowers, a bit of tart cherry on the palate, but also a little of stewed fruit flavor. Not at all unpleasant, but this bottle has peaked and was headed downward. Not nearly as good as the previous bottle I had of this.

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