2001 Martinelli Pinot Noir Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  11/16/2010 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 89 Points

  At home alone. Doing well at age 9. Fine rich ruby color, fine sediment, and a lovely rich watermelon-cherry nose. Much the same on the palate. Nothing really outstanding but still earns points for longevity and being reliably good over it's lifetime. 5-11-16-7: 89/100

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  2/14/2010 - JDRFoster wrote: 92 Points

  Still drinking beautifully. Doubt it will improve further. Smooth, balanced, with a lovely medium finish.

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  1/3/2010 - ikkaariainen wrote: 91 Points

  This was a great Sonoma pinot, aged, very mature and probably on the tail end of a great drinking window. This is one of the older non-Burg pinots we have had and this wine really showed the potential of this grape varietal off well. Enjoyed as the first wine of the evening with a great stuffed beef tenderloin dinner New Year's day with good CT wine buddies neighborbill and sidboy. Popped, poured and enjoyed - very impressed with this, too expensive to be a good QPR wine but definitely recommend this and would also recommend drinking up any remaining holdings soon because I don't see this getting any better. Dark, silky smooth and balanced, still plenty of fruit left, initially slightly musty, luscious mouth feel with great aftertaste. Nose darker then expected for a pinot with dark fruit, burnt sugar and pepper, primary flavors very balanced with a hint of oak, dark stone fruit, coffee and smoke on the aftertaste.

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  1/19/2009 - JDRFoster wrote: 92 Points

  Still beautiful. Rich, with aromas of strawberry, raspberry, and smoke, this wine is balanced and layered, with a lingering finish.

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  9/3/2008 - spts1000 wrote: 90 Points

  i think this one is on the back end. alcohol is north of 15% and it showed. the fruit was very mellow and muted. after about 1 hour in the glass fruit did not come out more. still enjoyable, but wish i had it 6months ago

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