2015 Walter Hansel Winery Pinot Noir Cuvée Alyce

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  10/12/2022 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

  Quite awkward on the first night, weird acid and seeming residual sugar, had a feeling about this and left it alone for a couple days in the fridge; day 3 this is beautifully integrated and balanced, meaty, spicy, deeply fruited, textured and quite nuanced for its size, noticeable glycerin on the finish but doesn’t show any candied fruit, mulled plums, a woodsy note, floral, lots of dry extract, a slight plum brandy and candied violet; nice complexity nuance and overall likability, these consistently overperform for their price; Burgundy inspired but distinctly California but if I were to make comparisons it would be a more voluptuous Vougeot.

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  3/12/2022 - Bwalter17 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Bright ripe berry fruit on nose and palate. Captures the essence of a RRV Pinot. Some structure and acidity but I would drink now because it’s so good right now. Very enjoyable.

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  3/17/2020 - g-man wrote: 94 Points

  I apologize for the brief note but this is one of the best QPR 's I've had in a long time. Very approachable now, beautiful spice and richness. Just layer upon layer of fruit and spice. For around $40/btl it's a steal.

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  11/28/2019 - ozziewine Likes this wine:

  Drank prior to Thanksgiving Dinner. Given that always busy atmosphere, it was surprising this jumped out at everybody the way it did. Literally, people stopped, looked and contemplated what was in their glass. One of the best Hansel Pinots I've had.
  Bright, some sweet, muddled dark cherries (Marasca-like), smokey, elegant...utterly dee-lish! Off the charts QPR. Thanks Stephen (Walter's Son and Owner).
  Drank without any aeration and it was good from the get-go. Didn't last long enough to know if air improved or detracted from the flavor.

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  11/27/2019 - shaferguy91 wrote: 92 Points

  1 hour decant.

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