2005 Arcadian Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (34) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  1/28/2022 - DougLee wrote: 93 Points

  Decanted for half an hour. Dark translucent ruby color. Nose of hawthorn, pine forest, black raspberry, plum blossom, wafting violets, hints of marine air. Layers of tart red and black raspberry, black cherry, grounding iodine, meaty sauvage, iron granules, and effortless gravitas on the palate. Bright acidity and fine-grained tannin. Long finish of coppery red fruit, brier, and satiny earth. Deepening as it ages, with years to go.

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  3/24/2021 - grafstrb wrote: 92 Points

  -- decanted 15 min. before initial taste --
  -- tasted non-blind over 2 to 3 hours --
  
  NOSE: "cool" red fruits --- red currant, red licorice rope, and perhaps a hint of raspberry; nice savory bent, with a light hit of Pinot funk (not brett); medium+ expressiveness.
  
  BODY: garnet color of medium-light depth w/o obvious bricking; medium-light bodied.
  
  TASTE: high acidity; no tannin; tart red fruits (cranberry; red currant); some red licorice here, too, as on the Nose; medium-light oak; alc. not noticeable; *fantastic* pairing with pork tenderloin and wild rice; some cherry. Well, here we are -- 15 years post-vintage -- and this wine has *finally* let go and relaxed. To be clear, this is still youthful, but it's finally giving of itself; it's been five years since my previous bottle, and the transformation that has taken place in that time is somewhat mind-blowing. This wine has been closed-in on itself for years -- possibly a decade -- and it's finally emerging. This still has a bit of a green/leafy edge to it, which is in line with previous showings, and is perhaps a reason to be cautious going too far out with it in the cellar, but still --- the progress this has made shouldn't be discounted. Drink or Hold.
  
  50, 5, 13, 16, 8 = 92

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  1/29/2021 - DougLee wrote: 92 Points

  Dark, barely translucent ruby. Slowly-releasing nose of pine forest, anise, violets, acrid raspberry, hints of beef blood. Dense, deep-set layers of raspberry, black cherry, iodine, iron, and compacted earth building on the palate with seemingly effortless persistence over several hours. Steely acidity and firm tannin leading to a long finish of sharp red fruit, iron particles, and slow, brooding grip. Young yet brimming with excellence.

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  4/29/2020 - RiddlingRack wrote:

  Really good! Best Clos Pepe I've ever had.

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  12/18/2017 - pjhr Likes this wine: 92 Points

  As delicious as the last bottle!

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