Unfortunately, I bought into the marketing hype of this clonal series. But I wish I hadn't. For while it may be interesting to see, from an intellectual perspective, how different the various clones taste, ultimately what I want is a good wine. The clonal series weren't cheap, but for the price of a single vineyard pinot, what I got was, essentially, an incomplete wine. sound, but incomplete. Simple notes of raspberry, black cherry, and earth. Nothing more, nothing less. Maybe if it had been blended with more clones, I might have enjoyed it more.
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Pop-n-pour cellar temp. Lovely cranberry color. Nose of cherries and forest floor. Palate is cherry and tart cranberry, showing some stemminess on the finish, which is partly resolving into meaty notes, pine and green olive. Nice bottle of wine, enjoyable and in a good place.
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Like the 2005, the 2006 shows the same sauvage/meaty quality, along with the pine needle note.....so, I wonder if the 2007 will show the same and indicate a terroir that emerges with this bottling. Has the Greg Brewer floral lift, too. The weight of the wine, given the meaty element, is a bit heavy so drinking it cool allows the wine stiffen up some. Raspberry, blueberry, orange zest, too. Overall, drinks fine but lacks the verve I was hoping for.
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4/22/2016 - CRUSHER Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark cherry, strawberry
Good fruit
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9/3/2015 - Paul Lin wrote: 82 Points
Unfortunately, I bought into the marketing hype of this clonal series. But I wish I hadn't. For while it may be interesting to see, from an intellectual perspective, how different the various clones taste, ultimately what I want is a good wine. The clonal series weren't cheap, but for the price of a single vineyard pinot, what I got was, essentially, an incomplete wine. sound, but incomplete. Simple notes of raspberry, black cherry, and earth. Nothing more, nothing less. Maybe if it had been blended with more clones, I might have enjoyed it more.
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7/10/2011 - MotoMannequin wrote:
Pop-n-pour cellar temp. Lovely cranberry color. Nose of cherries and forest floor. Palate is cherry and tart cranberry, showing some stemminess on the finish, which is partly resolving into meaty notes, pine and green olive. Nice bottle of wine, enjoyable and in a good place.
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9/3/2009 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Like the 2005, the 2006 shows the same sauvage/meaty quality, along with the pine needle note.....so, I wonder if the 2007 will show the same and indicate a terroir that emerges with this bottling. Has the Greg Brewer floral lift, too. The weight of the wine, given the meaty element, is a bit heavy so drinking it cool allows the wine stiffen up some. Raspberry, blueberry, orange zest, too. Overall, drinks fine but lacks the verve I was hoping for.
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8/29/2009 - Amerique wrote: 92 Points
Medium-bodied strawberry/raspberry fruit, slightly sweet, very enjoyable but lacked depth and complexity, excellent structure, ready to drink
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