2005 Firelands Winery Pinot Noir

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  6/2/2011 - socerjim wrote: 88 Points

  This was a bit unusual as we don't often see the amount of pronounced sedeiment thrown in this bottle of Pinot Noir, but it was an '05, so perhaps the somewhat longer aging it to blame...or credit...as the case may be. Luckily, almost all of it stuck to the walls and bottom of the bottle, and the wine poured clear, a nice bing cherry red. It offered a light smoke, tea, and herbal nose. Most of the tannin had aged away, and the wine was firm, medium to full body, with enough acid to help the black cherry and raspberry flavors. It went nicely with some low fat beef. Firelands Winery grows its grapes on Isle St. George, just off shore from Sandusky, Ohio, in Lake Erie. The micro-climate allows Pinot to ripen a bit later than on shore, and gives Firelands estate bottlings a bit of an edge.

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