Amazing wine with enough age to come across as elegant and mature, but young enough to retain it's core backbone of darker red and black fruit. Smooth resolved tannins, excellent balance. Drink now or hold for further tertiary development.
2012 Opus One: 96 2012 Sine Qua Non Stock Syrah: 95 2015 Kosta Brown Keefer Ranch Pinot: 94 1996 Domaine Tollot-Beaut Corton Bressandes: 94 2010 Domaine Janasse Vielles Vignes CDP: 94 2015 Flowers Camp Meeting Ridge Pinot: 93
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Really good Sonoma pinot, drinking really well right now, seven years in. More fruit than a burgundy (it is CA after all), but more tannin, more saline, and more meatiness than the typical Sonoma pinot. It was at its best after being open for ~3 hours, so can definitely be held.
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Beautiful floral, perfume-y nose. Delicate on the palate but there’s enough firmness in the tannins to provide structure. Not at all fruit-forward, unlike too many Sonoma Pinots.
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Silky, saline, dark cherry and pomegranate, with herbs, slate, and sandlewood tannins. Beautifully balanced and structured, with a lean, creamy ripeness. 2015 is coming together as a very nice vintage of Camp Meeting Ridge.
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11/9/2022 - bobadopolis Likes this wine: 93 Points
Smith Dinner, 11/05/22
Amazing wine with enough age to come across as elegant and mature, but young enough to retain it's core backbone of darker red and black fruit. Smooth resolved tannins, excellent balance. Drink now or hold for further tertiary development.
2012 Opus One: 96
2012 Sine Qua Non Stock Syrah: 95
2015 Kosta Brown Keefer Ranch Pinot: 94
1996 Domaine Tollot-Beaut Corton Bressandes: 94
2010 Domaine Janasse Vielles Vignes CDP: 94
2015 Flowers Camp Meeting Ridge Pinot: 93
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4/1/2022 - shza Likes this wine: 93 Points
Really good Sonoma pinot, drinking really well right now, seven years in. More fruit than a burgundy (it is CA after all), but more tannin, more saline, and more meatiness than the typical Sonoma pinot. It was at its best after being open for ~3 hours, so can definitely be held.
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12/31/2021 - shza Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beautiful floral, perfume-y nose. Delicate on the palate but there’s enough firmness in the tannins to provide structure. Not at all fruit-forward, unlike too many Sonoma Pinots.
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6/28/2021 - Markie_Sharkie Likes this wine: 92 Points
Silky tannins, dark cherry, hint of cedar and spice. Really nice wine that needs at least 2 hours open to really shine.
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6/11/2021 - Wine2372 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Silky, saline, dark cherry and pomegranate, with herbs, slate, and sandlewood tannins. Beautifully balanced and structured, with a lean, creamy ripeness. 2015 is coming together as a very nice vintage of Camp Meeting Ridge.
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