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WineLA event: Pinot Taste Off

Downtown Los Angeles

Tasted May 27, 2017 by Keeping It Real with 460 views

Introduction

All wines were tasted blind and revealed after each flight. A total of 6 regions were tasted side by side (3 wines from each region): Sonoma Coast, Anderson Valley, Oregon - Williamette Valley, Santa Barbara, Russian River Valley, and Burgundy.

Flight 1 (3 notes)

Red

2015 Evesham Wood Pinot Noir USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley

87 points

Scored blind. Leaves... good acid.

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Red

2013 Argot Pinot Noir Hawk Hill Vineyard USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

93 points

Scored blind. Cool blue licorice mud nail polish. Very smooth and very alluring. Dense and uplifted by humble acidity. This was the overwhelming WOTN by the crowd and also for me. It was definitely the Wow wine of the night, i.e. WWOTN.

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Red

2014 Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Côte du Py Reserve France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

68 points

Scored blind. A weak nose. Very acidic, harsh, and missing fruit. I can't find anything in this one. Not an off bottle.

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Flight 2 (3 notes)

Red

2013 SENS3S Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

87 points

Scored blind. Fleshy and easy to drink. Good finish.

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Red

2007 Domaine Y. Clerget Volnay 1er Cru Caillerets France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

85 points

Scored blind. Slight brownish. Tart. A little fallen apart. Plum.

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Red

2013 Bonaccorsi Pinot Noir Melville Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills USA, California, Central Coast, Sta. Rita Hills

90 points

Scored blind. Dense, fresh, and smooth. Good weight with violet silk coating the mouth. Impressive.

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Flight 3 (3 notes)

Red

2013 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

92 points

Scored blind. Smooth violets again. Silky depth of awesomeness. Nicely sweet. There were 2 Kosta Browne wines at tonight's tasting and they both showed really well tonight, crowd agreed.

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Red

2013 Goldeneye Pinot Noir Anderson Valley USA, California, North Coast, Anderson Valley

89 points

Scored blind. Fresh nose. Very sweet. Probably the sweetest Pinot at tonight's tasting. Sweet but nice acid in the finish.

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Red

2014 Sea Smoke Pinot Noir Botella USA, California, Central Coast, Sta. Rita Hills

88 points

Scored blind. Hm.. not sure. All these pinots taste so damn similar. This one has a bit more acid than the other Santa Barbaras tasted tonight.

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Flight 4 (3 notes)

Red

2012 DuMOL Pinot Noir Russian River Valley USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley

89 points

Scored blind. Just the slightest funk on the nose that went away shortly after. Great mouth feel. A lot of stems on this one. Like you are chewing on them stems.

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Red

2014 Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard USA, California, Central Coast, Sta. Rita Hills

90 points

Scored blind. Dark color. Big Pinot. Ripe with a big finish. Delicious.

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Red

2009 Littorai Pinot Noir Savoy Vineyard USA, California, North Coast, Anderson Valley

88 points

Scored blind. Like Concord grapes... Tasty. Some stems on this one as well. I noticed a lot of these Pinots from Sonoma, Russian River Valley, and Anderson got that Concord grape taste. I grew up eating Concord grapes brah.

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Flight 5 (3 notes)

Red

2010 Louis Jadot Volnay 1er Cru Clos de la Barre France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

88 points

Scored blind. Plum on the nose. Good.

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Red

2012 Panther Creek Pinot Noir Winemaker's Cuvée Willamette Valley USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley

88 points

Scored blind. Smells like Pinot... Sharp finish. Acid is evident. Oregon wines tonight were all very acidic, like the Burgundies.

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Red

2013 Cellars 33 Pinot Noir Keefer Ranch Vineyard USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley

86 points

Scored blind. Super light in color. Stems are definitely in here.

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Flight 6 (3 notes)

Red

2013 Goldeneye Pinot Noir Gowan Creek Vineyard USA, California, North Coast, Anderson Valley

90 points

Scored blind. Violets on the nose. Very good and smooth. Slight camphor in that finish.

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Red

2013 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Russian River Valley USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley

91 points

Scored blind. This was a tough flight. They were all so good. Little bit of smores on the nose. On the palate, this is sweet, expansive, and just tasty.

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Red

2012 Rex Hill Pinot Noir Alloro Vineyard USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Chehalem Mountains

90 points

Scored blind. This was by far the darkest color of the 18 wines tasted tonight. I would call this a Black Pinot. Very strong palate as well. High alcohol and alarming acidity. This one stood out as being very different from the other bunch. Must be better with food. Overall, the Sonoma Pinots were much easier to drink and won the crowd's favorites. I kind of liked this one though...

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Closing

Sonoma Coast was the crowd's favorite region by popular votes. Santa Barbara came in second I believe. Burgundy was probably last place. Either these Burgundy wines weren't that good or Burgundy as a whole needs to play some catch up.

WineLA event: Pinot Taste Off

Downtown Los Angeles

Introduction

Flight 1 (3 notes)

Flight 2 (3 notes)

Flight 3 (3 notes)

Flight 4 (3 notes)

Flight 5 (3 notes)

Flight 6 (3 notes)

Closing

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