2005 Bonny Doon Vineyard Pinot Noir Transfusion

Community Tasting Notes (10) Median Score: 88 points

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  12/6/2012 - drdebs Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Pleased with this wine, which had some nice bottle age on it. Notes of orange peel, frais de bois, forest floor, and raspberry. Raspberry and mushroom notes in the palate. Bright finish. Very nice with mushroom barley soup!

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  1/12/2010 - iByron wrote: 88 Points

  Tasting notes from a year earlier hold though the nose has become a bit more floral where citrus was noted before. Very enjoyable on its own, but better as a food wine. Held up over this year and could see a bit more development in the next two or three. But drink now with red meat fish, pork tenderloin, or even a northern US style ham. A good bridge between red and rosé.

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  11/30/2009 - vanpe003 wrote: 86 Points

  Earthy fruit on the nose. Some stemmy character on a mid-weight palate. Some tannins on the finish. Old school in character. Falls slightly short, but always a soft spot for me and Bonny Doon wines. There's almost a bit of the old Clos d'Gilroy lurking in there somewhere. I like it better than the score indicates.

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  6/23/2009 - BSpdx wrote: 85 Points

  Underwhelming. Aromatically, this is a special wine with a fragant nose of spring flowers and ripe red fruit. But the palate really disappoints. Yes, there are brushes of dusty cherries, tart strawberries and even some plums, but the finish falls very flat and even bitter. Too bad, because I was hoping this combination of two Pinots would prove the way for a bright future as a blend. I don't taste it.

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  1/2/2009 - gdykema wrote: 78 Points

  Nose of burnt sugar. Starts as a pinot with red fruit, then switches to a white wine pinot-grigio-like finsh. Quite odd. Tasted at the winery.

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