Community Tasting Notes 34

• mpdonnel Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 7, 2021 - Really like this. Still very expressive fruit, and depth of flavor, with some secondaries emerging, thought it was drank so fast didn't have a chance to see where it goes. I think these have life left.

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• davecfp wrote: 92 points

  December 8, 2020 - Still some life in this bottle. Some age is of course apparent but a ton of fruit with a bit of tannins remaining.

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• jshufelt wrote: 93 points

  July 3, 2020 - So, that part in that note from 2017 where I said "starting to slide a bit towards the reductive end of the spectrum"? Here's where I stand up and say 2017 me was, in fact, wrong, or at least misguided by a little bottle variation.
  
  To be sure, tonight's bottle is fully resolved, with no discernible tannins. But neither is there any sign of oxidation, or notes of prune. What we have here is a wine that has the RRV fruit you expect, but minerality and brief flashes of mint and saltwater. If your last bottle shows like our last bottle just did, you'll feel satisfied that you maximized your pleasure.

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• pmarlo Likes this wine:

  May 3, 2020 - At about 10 years of bottle age, Ryan can either be incredible-as good as any US pinot -or above average. This was above average but very well done. Did improve with time in glass/bottle.

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• mpdonnel Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 13, 2020 - This wine is singing right now. Sweet red fruits, a bit of earthy tones developing. Smooth on the palate with a great finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer DuMOL
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation Ryan
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

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• Pending Delivery 3 (0%)
• In Cellars 321 (41%)
• Consumed 458 (59%)

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