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• Mossrose Likes this wine: 91 points

  September 8, 2023 - Held up beautifully!

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• PIntag wrote: 90 points

  February 7, 2020 - 14.1% abv. 1438 cases. Recent auction purchase.
  Rich, ripe, opulent Pinot Noir. Very California in style, with rich texture, full body, and ripe, candied flavor profile. Very pleasing and "delicious". In pretty good balance, though could've used a touch more acidity. A nice little bitter note on the finish. Not a detailed or nuanced Pinot, but this fits the bill if you are looking for a Cali Pinot experience. Not my favorite style, but it has a place on my table for the right price point. Tasted over two evenings - consistent throughout. No need to hurry on this - it was more primary than aged and should hold for a long time to come. I'd actually like to taste this when it sheds some of its fruit.

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• Mossrose wrote: 94 points

  June 25, 2019 - The Fort Ross Winery makes this wine from the single vineyard named Fort Ross that was one of the large and early pioneered plantings of Pinot Noir in Sonoma Coast, close to the Pacific ocean and significantly cooled by it. At the unusually good price of $31 a bottle, I bought a full case. Right off the bat the wine poured into the glass deeply colored along with concentrated aromas of black cherry and violets. The sip features upfront fruit with an added blackberry, very lively acidity, textural richness, and rounded tannin from being well aged for 10 years. Ends mouth coating with a spike of intense flavors in the swallow. Will drink superbly any time for at least the next 5 years.

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• joet626 Likes this wine: 90 points

  September 4, 2015 - Very good. Lots of red cherry taste here . Nice

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• MacManifest Likes this wine: 90 points

  April 14, 2015 - An excellent Pinot. Got better over a day or two. Just incredibly delicious. Can't say enough good things about it. I recommend it highly.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Fort Ross
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Fort Ross Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Coast
• UPC Code 898395001036

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• In Cellars 42 (18%)
• Consumed 192 (82%)

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