Community Tasting Notes 7

• WineSplash wrote: 91 points

  August 21, 2012 - This is not your normal California fruity Pinot Noir. This wine actually has a little more character and a lot less fruit. It honestly seems to taste closer to an Oregon Pinot Noir and has more flavors and layers. On sight, garnet in the center and more ruby colored along the edges. The nose has aromas of ripe cherry, herb, cinnamon, mushroom, and oak. All the characteristics that normally lead to a more earthy style wine. On the palate, lush black cherry, raspberry notes, earth, and clove. Medium to full bodied with a soft, elegant mouthfeel. A nice long finish that brings out more sweet cherry, cinnamon, plum pit, and a toasty vanilla oak finish. Lots of layers and good balance of fruit and rustic flavors. Pair this medium smoked cheeses, wild game, smoked duck, pork, and tomato based pasta's.
  
  On our SiNoTas scale, we give the 2009 Michael Pozzan Annabella Carneros Pinot Noir an A-. This wine came under the radar for us since it was not your normal fruit bomb California Pinot Noir. It had more character and style. More layers and more earthiness. If you have a 2009, it should hold well through 2014. WineSplashing!

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• Adventr.us Likes this wine: 90 points

  August 12, 2011 - Very tasty, much better than most Pinots in this price range. Lots of fruit, well balanced, just a touch of earth/dust to deepen things a bit. Had this at a restaurant, and sure hope to find some for my cellar

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• OTTnMIA wrote: 87 points

  August 1, 2011 - I enjoyed this Pinot, had a lot of flavor and was interesting to me (especially at the price!). However, my two guests did not like it much at all, thought it was too hot with alcohol.

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• RobertDwyer wrote: 90 points

  June 4, 2011 - This wine is money and if you don't like it your opinion is false. Just kidding, but kind of not kidding. I drink Pinot Noir more than any other variety and I'm convinced this wine would fool a lot of people blind, hanging with $30-$50 Pinot Noir. Noticeably better than the 08. On par with the 07. Highly recommended.

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• mguglielmo Likes this wine: 88 points

  March 10, 2011 - No formal TN, from memory. A VERY easy-drinking pinot, new world fruit-forward as one would expect, with a great, ripe bouquet and juicy mouthfuls of red juice. I'll definitely be trying this again to see what I forgot.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Michael Pozzan Winery
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation Annabella Special Selection
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Coast

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• In Cellars 29 (26%)
• Consumed 82 (74%)

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