2001 Martinelli Pinot Noir Moonshine Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (26) Median Score: 91 points

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  1/21/2022 - tomoem Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Cloudy in glass with rich ripened strawberry fruit almost to the point of slightly rotted strawberry. Just so sweet and ripened. Man .... I love this type of Pinot Noir which shows that it could age.
  
  Medium to full body. Bottle was opened for 90 minutes which I am sure helped this wine to reveal the fruit.

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  11/7/2021 - jviz wrote: 89 Points

  Held up surprisingly well despite a little secondary fermentation in bottle and a hint of RS. Stylistically it could be confused for Zinfandel of the same age owing to the full body, wild fruits, and sucrosity. Still, tasty enough. In a lineup of restrained pinots, it stuck out, but truthfully showed better than I would have imagined and would be great on its own with some BBQ chicken. Just decant off the extra spritz!

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  11/7/2021 - Nutty08 wrote: 91 Points

  Blind this stood out from the blinds from Oregon and Burg. Huge dark cherry fruit, very sappy, but there was a nice zip on the palate and ETOH wasn’t too intrusive—although it was there. Didn’t hold up well on night 2 where is showed more roasted and overblown. Better at cooler temps for sure. While I’m not usually a fan of the style this held up surprisingly well in comparison

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  11/6/2021 - cos65 Likes this wine:

  Has held up much better than expected at 20 years. Still a ton of sweet fruit in a slightly overblown style clearly the outlier in a group of mixed international pinots.

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  5/7/2017 - veniceslug1 Does not like this wine: 87 Points

  at rossignol dinner. probably the least favorite wine of the night. very alcohol present. not much fruit or earth.

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