Very good, although I wonder if with another year or two of cellaring more would have come out. Some aspects of the flavor palette seemed a little closed. However, nice fruit "robe" to be expected of a Pinot Noir, and the terroir of Alexander Valley was present in the taste and structure. Very good wine...would be tempted to buy more from a good year and let it lie for a while in the cellar.
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This was poured for me at a friend's dinner, and it showed quite well. I didn't take notes on the bottle (which was super heavy glass, with an imprinted neck ala CdP and ahuge punt at the bottom--a look at me package intention, I am sure) but there was nice acidity, the fruit was in play in the right amount and there wasn't obtrusive oak. Pleasant surprise.
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light, fruity, slightly acidic...perfect food wine, great representation of anderson valley pinot. glad we picked up a couple of cases (BTW, the winery itself it great to visit...wonderful setting in anderson valley.
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I stumbled across this wine while tasting in the Sonoma/Napa area a year or so back. I should have picked up more than this one bottle as I really enjoyed it with Easter brunch.
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1/7/2015 - Tranquility Base Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very good, although I wonder if with another year or two of cellaring more would have come out. Some aspects of the flavor palette seemed a little closed. However, nice fruit "robe" to be expected of a Pinot Noir, and the terroir of Alexander Valley was present in the taste and structure. Very good wine...would be tempted to buy more from a good year and let it lie for a while in the cellar.
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4/21/2013 - Frank Murray III wrote:
This was poured for me at a friend's dinner, and it showed quite well. I didn't take notes on the bottle (which was super heavy glass, with an imprinted neck ala CdP and ahuge punt at the bottom--a look at me package intention, I am sure) but there was nice acidity, the fruit was in play in the right amount and there wasn't obtrusive oak. Pleasant surprise.
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9/14/2012 - Tiger1028 wrote: 93 Points
light, fruity, slightly acidic...perfect food wine, great representation of anderson valley pinot. glad we picked up a couple of cases (BTW, the winery itself it great to visit...wonderful setting in anderson valley.
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4/16/2012 - wineguy21 wrote: 93 Points
I stumbled across this wine while tasting in the Sonoma/Napa area a year or so back. I should have picked up more than this one bottle as I really enjoyed it with Easter brunch.
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