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2009 Kistler Pinot Noir Cuvée Elizabeth Bodega Headlands
Pinot Noir
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Sonoma Coast
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Community Tasting Notes 36
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pjhr Likes this wine: 95 points
January 22, 2024 - Drinking as beautifully as it did over 4 years ago!
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buckeye76 Likes this wine: 95 points
June 18, 2023 - Similar notes as previous tasting. Ruby red color. Black raspberries, black cherries and floral in the nose. Flavor like the nose with hints of minerality. A complex wine with nice structure, well balanced and a long smooth finish.
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Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 94 points
May 31, 2023 - Intense nose of morello cherry, medicinal herbs and cedar.
The palate has a silky attack, on a bright fruit with a nice freshness. Pinot Noir is easily recognizable. Then the characteristic maturity of California arrives in the second wave, it is rich, intense, but still slender thanks to a beautiful acid frame. Well-integrated light woodiness. It is balanced, elegant, but intense at the same time. Big finish where maturity is expressed on an exuberant register, in a “high density” way over a long length.
Excellent Pinot Noir, more in line with European standards than the Sine Qua Non that I drank 2 years ago with an exceptional concentration for the grape variety. -
Ex-Ray Likes this wine: 93 points
May 23, 2022 - Dark garnet, nearly opaque. Moderate complex aromas of black raspberries and black cherries, with sweet herbal notes. Wonderful full-bodied, rich, but round, smooth and balanced red and dark fruit flavors without significant tannin; excellent balancing acidity, slightly hot on the late palate and aftertaste. Drink now and over the next 1-2 years.
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Ex-Ray Likes this wine: 97 points
December 23, 2021 - One of the best American pinots I've had, now fully mature. Dark garnet, nearly opaque, with the slightest amber edge. Powerful complex aromas of black raspberries and black cherries, with sweet herbal notes, opened nicely over several hours. Wonderful full-bodied, rich, but round, smooth and balanced red and dark fruit flavors without significant tannin; excellent balancing acidity, slightly hot on the late palate and aftertaste. Reminds me of some of the older Dujacs we used to buy and loved. Drink now and enjoy!
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By Antonio Galloni
Vinous Table: California Classics at Bar Boulud, New York (Jan 2015), 1/1/2015 (link)(Kistler Pinot Noir Bodega Headlands Vineyard Cuvée Elizabeth Sonoma Coast) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
Vinous Table: California Classics at Bar Boulud, New York (Jan 2015), 1/1/2015 (link)(Kistler Pinot Noir Bodega Headlands Vineyard Cuvée Elizabeth Sonoma Coast) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Josh Raynolds
May/June 2012, IWC Issue #162 (link)(Kistler Vineyards Pinot Noir Bodega Headlands Cuvee Elizabeth Sonoma Coast) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
The Best of Sonoma (Feb 2012) (link)(Kistler Pinot Noir Bodega Headlands Cuvee Elizabeth Sonoma Coast) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- Type Red
- Producer Kistler
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation Cuvée Elizabeth
- Vineyard Bodega Headlands
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Sonoma Coast
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 5 (0%)
- In Cellars 610 (42%)
- Consumed 822 (57%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerKistler
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationSonoma Coast
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