Community Tasting Note

• RGCM Gananda Likes this wine: 94 points

  September 22, 2019 - Prior bottle was nearly two years ago (December 2017) and this wine continues to show extremely well. Big nose, showing black cherry, black raspberry and vanilla qualities. Full bodied with a flavor profile that remains quite consistent with my prior bottles: black raspberry and black cherry upfront, significant depth through the middle and then deeper plum towards the back along with brighter blackberry and more tart black cherry before finishing with balanced tannins and acidity, mineral notes and earth. Where this wine continues to really impress is in terms of balance, despite the fact that this is undeniably a "big" pinot. It never comes across as powerful or high alcohol. In fact, the mid-body, while deep, shows elegance, roundness and nuance. Between the tannins and acidity, this wine is able to showcase the fruit on a solid frame while coming across as a wine of polished expression. After almost five hours open and fully integrated, this wine showed beautifully. May still be able to improve slightly and as wonderfully as it's drinking now, there's no immediate rush as it should be able to hold this level for several more years.

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