2008 Black Kite Pinot Noir Kite's Rest

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 91.0 points

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  2/8/2019 - mlawren1 wrote: 91 Points

  Bit on the sweet side with strawberries and and raspberries. Finishes with a little chocolate.

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  7/25/2013 - Meembo Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Left in glass for about 30 minutes while letting it come up to temperature. Was expecting to get a huge whiff of the '08 AV fire, but surprisingly got very little smoke on the nose, which is showing cranberries and strawberries with a hint of vanilla. There's also a note of dustiness with green bell pepper.
  
  On the palate, the smoke shows more prominently, but is almost complemented by generous vanilla. The fruit is hidden behind savory herb (like thyme), but of what's there I get plum and strawberry. The relatively high alcohol shows.

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  6/15/2013 - brian przyzycki wrote: 88 Points

  I agree with Jasonh. This wine has transformed poorly over the past 4 years. Almost undrinkable for the first hour. Smoke and black tea flavors dominate with no fruit. After an hour in the decanter it tamed down but the fruit never came to the forefront. In summary, I think these are past their prime. I really enjoyed this bottle 3 years ago. Not so much tonight. Served with copper river salmon. UPDATE****i left a glass on the countertop overnight and drank it the following day with lunch. No oxidation at all. In fact, it drank better than the night before. I plan to sit on my remaining bottles for a few more years as this might just be going through a very awkward stage.

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  6/9/2013 - jasonh Does not like this wine:

  Is this a joke. I had this a few years ago and the smoke was fairly smokey but I could choke a glass down when focusing on the fruit. Now this is just basically a smoked porter with acid. Gross! Took about 30 minutes and a meal to get the taste out of my mouth.

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  5/27/2013 - emdub wrote: 89 Points

  Drank next to a 2009 Roar and thought this was much more balanced. Still big fruit, but had some smokey notes and was more structured from the beginning to the finish.

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