Overripe, stewed sugar plums and wild berry have enough acidity to maintain this wine's integrity and balance without being sappy or mushy. Warm jam compote nose, with with some brown edging to the ruby red color. Admittedly it's better after dinner with it's port-like resemblence, but works on it's own as well. I would drink now through the end of the year.
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I was apparently not meant to keep this one as long as I did - plastic cork closure. The wine was browned with a nose of tawny port. Not unpleasant, but not very pinot like. The mouth feel was plush and smooth. Would probably have been better a few years after release.
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Dark and luxurious in color with a tempting opening nose of fresh earth, spruce and blueberry pie. With poised balance and fine structure, this decadant Pinot got right down business strutting it's ripe, sweet black cherry, sugar plum, huckleberry and cinnamon stick, with a touch of baking spice in the back drop. Consistancy somewhat resembling a fine port, this rich red also added chocolate cherries to it's repertoire of nuances as it glides into a soft, plush finish accented by smashed Oregon blueberries. I'm a big fan of this type of aged Pinot, it hits the sweet spot on the bat.
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1/16/2014 - bottlewasher wrote: 82 Points
No change at all from previous taster. Must have been a hot dry summer in the Pinnacles.
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6/29/2011 - wine maestro wrote: 88 Points
Overripe, stewed sugar plums and wild berry have enough acidity to maintain this
wine's integrity and balance without being sappy or mushy. Warm jam compote
nose, with with some brown edging to the ruby red color. Admittedly it's better
after dinner with it's port-like resemblence, but works on it's own as well. I would
drink now through the end of the year.
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12/11/2010 - jimkay21 wrote: 86 Points
I was apparently not meant to keep this one as long as I did - plastic cork closure. The wine was browned with a nose of tawny port. Not unpleasant, but not very pinot like. The mouth feel was plush and smooth. Would probably have been better a few years after release.
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9/30/2010 - wine maestro wrote: 92 Points
Dark and luxurious in color with a tempting opening nose of fresh earth, spruce and blueberry
pie. With poised balance and fine structure, this decadant Pinot got right down business strutting
it's ripe, sweet black cherry, sugar plum, huckleberry and cinnamon stick, with a touch of baking
spice in the back drop. Consistancy somewhat resembling a fine port, this rich red also added
chocolate cherries to it's repertoire of nuances as it glides into a soft, plush finish accented by
smashed Oregon blueberries. I'm a big fan of this type of aged Pinot, it hits the sweet spot
on the bat.
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11/15/2007 - fkwg66a wrote: flawed
regret saving it
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