Brea, CA Tasted Friday, December 10, 2010 by Paul Lin with 694 views
Served blind. Bright cherries, raspberries, and orange rind. Juicy palate. Seemed over acidified. Short on the finish. 87-88 points.
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Served blind. Black cherries, black raspberries, and some underbrush. Seemed really young on the palate. Francois Freres barrels? Could use a bit more acidity.
Served blind. Dusty, stemmy nose. Crushed rocks, saline, and white pepper. Seems underfruited to me.
Served blind. Sandlewood, sour cherries, and mushrooms. Juicy on the palate, but seemed a bit over the hill. Tenuous finish.
Served blind. Ripe raspberries, Bing cherries, and vanillin. Good acidity. A cheerful little wine.
Served blind. Beef broth and stem. Disjointed and raw.
Served blind. Dried cherries, grapefruit, and spice. Rosella's Vineyard? Easy to drink but not complex.
Served blind. I thought this was corked.
Served blind. Dense tar, black cherries, and dried cranberries. Francois Freres barrels? Super young. Some heat on the finish.
Served blind. Stinky tea leaves, sandlewood, dried cherries. Tenuous finish. Seemed dried out.
Served blind. Heavy reduction. Black raspberries, black cherries, and white cherries. Tart on the palate.
Served blind. Cola, caramel, black raspberries, and black cherries. Rich palate but a little syrupy.
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2004 Varner Pinot Noir Spring Ridge Vineyard Hidden Block 87 Points
USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains
Served blind. Bright cherries, raspberries, and orange rind. Juicy palate. Seemed over acidified. Short on the finish. 87-88 points.
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2008 Briceland Vineyards Pinot Noir Phelps Vineyard 85 Points
USA, California, North Coast, Humboldt County
Served blind. Black cherries, black raspberries, and some underbrush. Seemed really young on the palate. Francois Freres barrels? Could use a bit more acidity.
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2005 Black Ridge Pinot Noir 83 Points
New Zealand, South Island, Otago, Central Otago
Served blind. Dusty, stemmy nose. Crushed rocks, saline, and white pepper. Seems underfruited to me.
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1998 Nicolas Potel Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots 83 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Served blind. Sandlewood, sour cherries, and mushrooms. Juicy on the palate, but seemed a bit over the hill. Tenuous finish.
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2007 Heart & Hands Pinot Noir Barrel Reserve 89 Points
USA, New York, Finger Lakes
Served blind. Ripe raspberries, Bing cherries, and vanillin. Good acidity. A cheerful little wine.
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2005 Rhys Alesia Pinot Noir Chileno Valley 80 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Served blind. Beef broth and stem. Disjointed and raw.
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2003 Tandem Pinot Noir Sangiacomo Vineyard 86 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Served blind. Dried cherries, grapefruit, and spice. Rosella's Vineyard? Easy to drink but not complex.
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NV Lakeridge Reserve Cuvée Noir Flawed
USA, Florida
Served blind. I thought this was corked.
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2008 Briceland Vineyards Pinot Noir Elk Prairie 85 Points
USA, California, North Coast, Humboldt County
Served blind. Dense tar, black cherries, and dried cranberries. Francois Freres barrels? Super young. Some heat on the finish.
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1998 Joseph Drouhin Aloxe-Corton 81 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Aloxe-Corton
Served blind. Stinky tea leaves, sandlewood, dried cherries. Tenuous finish. Seemed dried out.
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2008 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 84 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Served blind. Heavy reduction. Black raspberries, black cherries, and white cherries. Tart on the palate.
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2007 Lula Pinot Noir 87 Points
USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County
Served blind. Cola, caramel, black raspberries, and black cherries. Rich palate but a little syrupy.
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