2008 Martinelli Pinot Noir Lolita Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 89.6 points

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  2/4/2023 - glimmervoid wrote:

  Chateau Biawak Chapter 9: SONOMAvatar - The way of water (Chateau Biawak, Singapore): 15.1% ABV. For this wine, the whole berries undergo a long cool fermentation to generate skin contact and expose fruit character, and are fermented with wild yeast.10 months in 75% new French oak.
  
  Flavours are integrated and acids have softened. Fruit has faded but one can still detect red raspberry, the sous bois or forest floor, brambly fruit as well like blackberries, and these dried cranberries, almost like an aged berry cake if there was such a thing. I could not tell this was 15.1% ABV.
  
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  3/23/2020 - bdhanna Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Wow, this is my kind of Pinot Noir, just delicious. I thought I would save some for tomorrow so I could see how it developed overnight, but got greedy. Now I must see how the last 6 ounces develops in my glass tonight. A decade in the bottle has really helped integrate the flavors and softened the acids in this beauty. Aromas of red raspberry and forest floor. Flavors of blackberries and sweet dried cranberries. The finish is long and reminiscent. This wine is balanced and at its peak.

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  9/26/2017 - rhanke wrote: 88 Points

  hot, high alcohol.

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  1/9/2016 - tktul Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Tasted slightly thinner than the 2007 that I drank the same night, but still delicious.

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  5/4/2014 - Minnesota wrote: 88 Points

  Weak follow-up to preceding night's 2005 Rochioli Little Hill. Earthy, muddled fruit profile.

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