Based on the reviews and GS's recommendation, I thought I'd better open this up. I think it was a mistake--not ready yet. We served right after opening for dinner, and it was still very tightly wound. Good pinot flavor but not integrated, and some heat. We wished we'd decanted for awhile.
Two days later, the other half of the bottle was still on the counter. No vac, no fridge, just the cork. Tried it again and it was fabulous. Smooth, round, wonderful. We're hanging on to our other bottle.
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wine seems to have come around based on earlier tasting notes. Wine opened up nicely into a smooth, fruit-filled California Pinot. Not as much terroir as Oregon Pinots of similar price points, but quite good. A bit short on the finish, but good nonetheless.
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OC Breakfast And Pinot Offline (The Murray's): Bag #8--I kept thinking to myself something was off in the nose of this wine but could not pin it down. Showed big blueberry, decent acidity and then a similar wierd note on the palate. Not a bad wine but I'm not sure I could wrap my head around it.
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1/9/2011 - mlawren1 wrote: 89 Points
Very sweet up front but then it opens up into a nice cherry and berry flavor. The sweetness was just to much to be a really great wine though.
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9/14/2010 - ZinTinTin Likes this wine:
Based on the reviews and GS's recommendation, I thought I'd better open this up. I think it was a mistake--not ready yet. We served right after opening for dinner, and it was still very tightly wound. Good pinot flavor but not integrated, and some heat. We wished we'd decanted for awhile.
Two days later, the other half of the bottle was still on the counter. No vac, no fridge, just the cork. Tried it again and it was fabulous. Smooth, round, wonderful. We're hanging on to our other bottle.
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1/31/2009 - stevek54 wrote: 90 Points
wine seems to have come around based on earlier tasting notes. Wine opened up nicely into a smooth, fruit-filled California Pinot. Not as much terroir as Oregon Pinots of similar price points, but quite good. A bit short on the finish, but good nonetheless.
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7/27/2008 - Frank Murray III wrote:
OC Breakfast And Pinot Offline (The Murray's): Bag #8--I kept thinking to myself something was off in the nose of this wine but could not pin it down. Showed big blueberry, decent acidity and then a similar wierd note on the palate. Not a bad wine but I'm not sure I could wrap my head around it.
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10/26/2007 - Jet Winer wrote: 87 Points
Not very complex, good body, average richness, but didn't knock our socks off.
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