2016 Laird Family Estate Pinot Noir Ghost Ranch

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  11/12/2023 - mrkoors Likes this wine: 86 Points

  Raspberry and cherry nose, taste accents the red cherry, rough tannins showing its age, earlier bottles were better.

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  1/12/2019 - srh Likes this wine:

  Winebar [1 Rosé, 3 Whts, & 8 Reds] from 1/11/19 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): 100% Ghost Ranch, which is more towards the Sonoma side of Carneros; Aged 9 mos in FR oak (60% new barrels); 21 barrels made.
  
  N; Dk frts (plums?) with notes of choc?
  
  P: Med body; NICE, ALMOST swtish frt met by astringent pucker which morphs into a LONG, balanced finish with a tangy/swtness to the dusty tannins. Deserves/NEEDS through '19, then drinking for 3 or 4 yrs more. VERY *atypical* P.N., but IF viewed as a red blend of some type... 14.6% ABV; My VG+/EXC-. [Check with this vendor if interested in their *very* COMPETITIVE price.]
  
  Note: Today, 6/23, & 8/31/2018 were at least SOMEWHAT positive; 12/1/2018 NOT so... :(

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  12/1/2018 - srh Does not like this wine:

  Winebar [4 Whites, 9 Reds, & 5 *shared* bottles] from 11/30/18 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): 100% Ghost Ranch, which is more towards the Sonoma side of Carneros; Aged 9 mos in FR oak (60% new barrels); 21 barrels made.
  
  N: RIPE, blk rasps, poss plums, with floral nuances? Intensity lurking?
  
  P: MF body; Rndish entry with RIPE, almost swtish frt met by a puckerish astringency which somewhat resolves by the LONG, very, VERY slight tangy finish with a bitter/SWTNESS & poss an incipient quasi-bitter flatness to the somewhat coarse tannins. Either somewhat disjointed, or, worse, lacking requisite balance to its heavily extracted style. IF holding, give into '20 to see IF it comes around. Otherwise, my VG-/VG. 14.6% ABV. [Check with this vendor if interested in their *very* COMPETITIVE price.]
  
  Note: A considerably gloomier TN than when tasted on 6/23 & 8/31/2018, and 1/12/2019. One way or the other, in NO way "typical" P.N. :(

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  11/17/2018 - sdwineguru Does not like this wine: 88 Points

  $20 Carneros Pinot Noir '16 Laird Family Ghost Ranch. Mid-dark garnet; Syrah-like nose, prunes, tar, wood; mid-big body; grapey; thick; one-dimensional; no trace of Pinot Noir in the nose, a trace on the palate. w/BBQ

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  8/31/2018 - srh Likes this wine:

  Winebar for 08/31/18: 100% Ghost Ranch, which is more towards the Sonoma side of Carneros; Aged 9 mos in FR oak (60% new barrels); 21 barrels made.
  
  N: RIPE plums & blk frts, poss some straws
  
  P: Med body; RNDISH entry with NICE, ALMOST swtish met by puckerish astringency which transitions into a LONG, slightly tangy finish with a definite swtness to the very, VERY fine tannins. DESERVES through '20, then drinking for 4 yrs more? A fairly brawny style. 14.6% ABV; My EXC-, with more a distinct poss down the line. [Check with this vendor if interested in their *very* COMPETITIVE price.]

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