2017 Goodfellow Family Cellars Pinot Noir Ribbon Ridge

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  1/2/2023 - Rbhan12 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drinking outrageously well. Decanted for an hour.
  
  Transparent ruby. Nose jumps with candied raspberry underpinned by ripe cherry, herbal stem, slightly medicinal even. Palate is gorgeous with tons of energy. Beautiful tart cherry, raspberry, incredible tension from zippy acidity, rocky character as well. Tannins are consistent for pinot but there is significant structure here. Finish is long. Nice balance just underripe strawberry, tart raspberry, and tense minerality. There is very subtle oak throughout the background, but it is in perfect balance.
  
  So delicious. Purchased on sale for $20 and my first experience with Goodfellow. I am very disappointed to have not tried Goodfellow sooner. This is world class Pinot and is an outrageous value.
  
  Drink now with a short decant, though I think this should cruise for another 5 years.
  
  Day 2: I saved two 5oz bottles for a tasting with a friend. When poured into the glass, the wine completely transformed. It smelled and tasted like properly aged Pinot. Take all the sous bois, underbrush, earth, and leaves you want. Palate still had some nice consistent fruit but was not bombastic as it was on day 1. Big tannins and acid too, huge structure.
  
  I am blown away. Unfortunately I missed the Goodfellow vs Burg tasting, but I feel pretty strongly that this would compete with ease.

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  10/13/2022 - ptaylor2112 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Still open for business. Superb QPR.

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  10/28/2021 - ptaylor2112 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  What a difference 6 months makes! This was great right out of the bottle. Red fruit on the nose, warming mouthfeel, a little forest floor. Good acid, balanced tannins. First glass had about an hour of air; enjoyed the remainder over the next 6 hours. QPR.

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  6/19/2021 - jgnd Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Wow, especially for the price! Tasted over two days. A bit tight at first. This will be even better with time. Translucent ruby color. Nose was primarily cherry leaning floral rather than spice. Palate was red fruit, sous bois, lots of acid and a bit more tannic bite than other Goodfellow (still in balance, though). Very enjoyable and clearly well made. Wish I had more.

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  5/16/2021 - wlsch Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Ruby color, lots of cherry, red fruit, and pie spice, pretty intense aroma but has a balanced elegance on the palate. Has a good acid backbone. Based upon comments I've read abut his Ribbon Ridge and Whistling Ridge wines, I was expecting a bigger, more backward wine, but this has considerable elegance. It's slightly lean, but with great, pure fruit, and taut, focused acidity, and it's clearly built to age. I have a lot more experience with this producer's whites than his pinots, but if this is an indication of the quality of their pinot, I clearly need to buy more since this is a style I really love.

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