5/17/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Bit too big on the American wood for my taste

5/17/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Soft, pretty, feminine

5/17/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Big, obnoxious, but damn yummy

5/10/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Favorite wine of the night against DDO Laurene 04-07 vertical

5/10/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

2004 - 2007 Vertical, preference order was 06 (surprising), 07, 05, 04
Overall not one of them jumped out, fairly disappointing as their base 07 drank better than any of these

5/7/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

VERY disappointed, I savored an older vintage of this and it blew me away. Perhaps this was an off bottle or just not an ideal vintage, but totally lacked the luscious yeast I recall from my prior bottle

5/7/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

This is a crazy good qpr

4/26/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Chocolate milk shake, in a word: awful
Disappointed I own 2 more of these

5/2/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Drinking amazingly well right now immediately upon opening, not sure I will hold the rest of my bottles much longer

4/13/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Soft and pretty as expected, but disappointed that the fruit fell off after 90 minutes

4/13/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Did take about an hour to come around and a bit big for an 07

1/31/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Great mouth feel and finish but lacking acid

1/11/2013 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Took about an hour to open, but once it did I thought it was an excellent qpr

12/15/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Still needs several years

11/29/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Disappointing, find the fruit bright and tart, lacks depth. If this is really worth $105 I'd sell all my remaining bottles

11/7/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Rocks for what it is

11/7/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Drank great right out of the bottle but after a few hours the wood dominated bringing vanilla to the front

11/7/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Drank amazingly well right out of the bottle

10/19/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Past peak, still had a decent finish

10/14/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

crazy good qpr

8/31/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Gorgeous straight out of the bottle, unfortunately it developed a VA quality to it after being open for 2.5 hours. The 91 reflects what I thought of it during its first two hours. I'd might even consider it a 92, but couldn't go over the odd transition for such a young wine. Having said that it rocked for an under $30 Barolo.

8/23/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

45+ second finish, was very approachable straight out of the bottle but shined after 2 hours of air

8/23/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Amazed at how much fruit is left on this, definitely could go another few years

8/6/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Chocolate milkshake

8/6/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Still young

7/31/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Huge but well balanced

7/30/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

tired

7/29/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

It took a while to come around. Initially the acid overpowered everything; but after a few hours of air this rocked. I'll hold off for another year or so before I open another

7/29/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Drinking amazingly well right now, but still several years ahead it. Awesome job Trey considering you had to source the fruit in 04

7/18/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

I have not enjoyed the last few bottles of this due to overpowering wood. BUT the wood seems to now be well integrated with the fruit making this much more harmonious than it was earlier. I would put this in a drink me know to a hold for another year or two category.

7/17/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

I prefer a softer Pinot and this was very "un-07ish" for my palate. Not a bad wine, just a bit big for an 07 which is a WV vintage I really love

7/17/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Great qpr, solid for what it is

7/17/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Typical 2003 a bit too hot for pinot. Did work better on day two with food

7/3/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Drank pretty good out of the bottle then gradually developed to awesome after about 3 hours.

6/14/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

bit too much wood for my taste

5/31/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Drank against 2006 Ken Wright Carter and 2006 Ken Wright Guadalupe. All three of these wines are a bit bigger than I like for Pinot, but of the three the Looney was clearly the better balanced wine. Also drank an 07 White Rose Quiotee's Lair which was by for the best wine for my preferred style of Pinot. I'd score the White Rose a 92-93.

5/31/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Drank against 2006 Ken Wright Carter and while this was still big (MUCH bigger than any other producers' Guadalupe) it's much better balanced than the Carter. Also drank that night were 07 White Rose Quiotee's Lair and 05 Archery Summit Looney. I'd score the White Rose a 92-93 with the Looney being a bit big for me but a solid 91

5/31/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Pinot for Zinfandel drinkers

5/29/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Started out great but after a few hours the wood dominated and overpowered the fruit

5/20/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

but would have been better to wait, won't open another for at least 12 months

5/20/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

WAIT at least another year

5/1/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

WAIT

4/15/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Too young, but great acid with very strong lemon curd and a subtle trace of petro which was a bit stronger on day 2; if I owned more I would hold for a few years

4/15/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Some redeeming qualities but can't get past the sage meets metal

4/15/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

FINALLY ready

4/4/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Still too young, didn't really start to open until 24 hours

3/27/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Still too young

3/27/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

American wood bomb, blueberry coffee

3/19/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Solid QPR that held for a couple of days

2/21/2012 - Laughs and Juice wrote:

Decent, but definitely past prime. DRINK NOW