2008 Alma Rosa Pinot Noir Clone 667 La Encantada Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90 points

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  12/24/2012 - wendyinwlv wrote: 89 Points

  Nice, not as good as we remember from the tasting room, but did the trick for an appetizer opener. I expected more from Santa Rita Hills, a little more floral would have been nice.

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  11/28/2012 - pmk Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This is a very dark, somewhat intense Pinot Noir, with dark fruit and earthy elements. It improved the longer it sat, and by day three in the bottle (with Gas) it was far better than day 1.
  The wine looks Ruby colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Blackberry, Forest floor, and Violet. It tastes like Black currant (cassis), and Blackberry. The body is Medium. The wine finishes Medium.

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  8/18/2010 - docjavadude wrote: 93 Points

  This wine immediately transports me to the Santa Ynez Valley. New World wines are not noted for their terroir, but this wine demonstrates that the ground from which the grapes grew CAN be captured even in the Santa Rita Hills. My nose was greeted by earthy aromas along with generous fruit and restrained oak. I couldn't tarry long before sipping this wine -- it beckoned to be tasted. The wine teased my mouth. Nothing was overblown or blatent. Everything about this wine is evocative. Cherries and ripe raspberries to be sure, but so much more -- layer upon layer of fruit, loamy earth, spice, more fruit, and wet stones. Great balance and solid structure through the whole taste. Supple tannins with a lingering finish. The enchantment of "La Encantada" is evidenced in this bottle of wine.

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  2/11/2010 - profiler54 wrote: 91 Points

  Clear with medium deep garnet color, Nose dominated by fruit, spice and oak. Medium to high acid levels with medium body. Palate is in line with nose with dark cherries, and some earthy forest floor and sage...This wine was the best of the line up poured in the tasting room. More generous at this stage.. Wondering what this wine will evolve into.

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