2008 Patricia Green Cellars Pinot Noir Balcombe Vineyard Dundee Hills

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  2/20/2024 - ptaylor2112 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  The label had seen better days, but the wine is still kicking. Nose of dark cherry and strawberry, a definite cinnamon/mineral tick on the initial attack (something I’ve noticed in all of my old PGs) smoked strawberry on the palate, even some tobacco toward the end, which I’m reading as the last gasp of oak as there are zero tannins. Drink now.

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  10/22/2022 - Max S. Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Denver Wine Group Round 3 (Max's House): We enjoyed it, but it came in 3rd after the 2004 and 2012 for most participants. No formal notes. Ready to drink.

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  7/24/2021 - uli_k Likes this wine:

  Beautiful showing of a mature, classically styled Pinot Noir. Pretty garnet color, slight bricking at the rim. Bottle funk at first, which blew off within 15 min. A somewhat reduced nose remained until day two. Apart from that, forest floor, a little leather and spice. Savory, cherry on the palate, bright acidity brings liveliness. The smooth tannins are less prominent, but still present. Cork was in perfect shape, only minor penetration. Considerable amount of fine sediment, definitely needs careful decanting.

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  9/7/2019 - Aravind Asok wrote:

  Having recently had the '15, this bears a clear stylistic similarity. On the nose, loads of mineral, some slight rust inflections. On the palate, acidity is attenuated, but then lovely mineral notes, and black cherry. Tannin attenuated, but still nice fruit on the finish. Glad I didn't wait any longer. Yummy, but maybe slightly past peak.
  
  Addendum: the above is based on tasting outside at my neighbor's place from a Riedel O style glass. Tasted again from a Schott-Zwiesel stem at my place, and this is not the same wine. The rusty note I mentioned before is nowhere to be found. More funky earth, and wow...
  
  I've read the studies that say there is no difference between tasting from a standard glass and various "finer" glasses, but...

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  4/28/2019 - neilsforest Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Has aged well. Good balance, plenty of fruit and long finish.

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