2021 Flowers Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  3/7/2024 - cellarcat Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Solid California Pinot. Red fruits and smooth (few) tannins. Easy drinking while young and a very pleasant wine for the price.

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  2/20/2024 - Dionysusx Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Smooth with touches of smoke, bitterness over floral, velvety body, yet with a wonderful balance of acidity. Raspberry and hints of cocoa along for the ride. Excellent.

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  12/7/2023 - Hi.its.Don.4.Wine Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Flowers in December
  
  I’m guessing that unless you live in a more temperate climate, or do a lot of indoor gardening, you may not see many flowers during the month of December. Here in the Midwest, it’s almost unheard of; again, short of an indoor garden, which this person couldn’t attend to as I’ve told those around me that I can kill plastic plants.
  
  Let me focus on a flower you can enjoy in December, and even here in the Midwest; it’s today’s wine, the
  
  Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2021
  
  Flowers is one of those iconic wineries that just about any wine drinker knows, even if they haven’t had the wines, much like yours truly.
  
  For over 30 years, Flowers has been making both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay coming from the Sonoma Coast region. In 2009, Huneeus Vintners, the owners of Quintessa Vineyards in the Napa Valley, had bought a substantial interest in Flowers.
  
  It was unusual for me to own a Flowers wine, as I said, I was not a big supporter of the wine, mostly since I was not much of a Pinot Noir drinker for many years. I do like Chardonnay and have sampled a couple of the Flowers Chardonnays, and have found them delightful.
  
  Then one evening as I scoured my cellar for a wine to drink that evening, Salmon was on the menu, my eyes stopped when I came upon this Flowers Pinot Noir. I like Pinot Noir with Salmon and some solid 92+ reviews made me think “Why not!”
  
  A perfect wine for the evening brought together with estate and sourced fruit from the Sonoma Coast, 10 months barrel aging in 100% French Oak with 18% being new oak, the wine opens with bright red cherry fruit and a savory aspect that rounds it out so well for drinking with the Salmon I prepared.
  
  If you’re looking to enjoy “Flowers in December,” then I might suggest you take a look at Flowers Vineyards and Winery.
  
  Cheers

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  11/17/2023 - Barry Notes Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Wine Experience Pairing Dinner: Cool, light./med ruby/red. Med intensity proper nose. Med body, black/blue fruit driven. Not extracted, earthy, cinnamon, long finish, nothing off. $60 retail, $51 sale.

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  11/11/2023 - Dulcie and Aylwin wrote:

  The price for this at our table was $80, which left me thinking it is very disappointing at that level. I mean a pretty solid representative of the typical Cali pinot but at that price...? I note that prices are a lot lower on Wine Searcher though but still.

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