Community Tasting Notes 14

• uli_k Likes this wine:

  November 26, 2021 - Pretty garnet color. Exuberant floral nose, with leathery and herbal undertones. Red and black fruit on the palate, oak is fully integrated. Sour cherry and pomegranate. Mushrooms, forest floor, and a hint of cigar box. Bracing acidity, and subtle tannins. Elegant and balanced. PnP, decanted for sediment only. Perfect cork. Best on day one.

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• Racer117 Does not like this wine: 85 points

  November 26, 2021 - Disappointing. The color is light which matches the body but I'd be more inclined to call this thin vs. light/delicate. The nose is very nice with rose and light red fruit but the body is just too thin. I can't help being reminded of inexpensive red burgundy. And I've never had a decent one of those.
  
  I think most Sonoma/CA pinot noir is too heavy but this is too much in the other direction. I see an earlier taster declared a flawed bottle but I don't detect any classic faults in this.

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• desler wrote: 91 points

  April 25, 2020 - another great WO well balanced light great with bbq'd Monterey bay salmon

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• Backdoctor wrote: 93 points

  December 17, 2018 - another great Windy Oaks, balanced with red fruits on the palate.

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• Backdoctor wrote: 90 points

  March 2, 2018 - Always good, this time no exception. Love that earthy nose

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Windy Oaks Estate
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation Proprietor's Reserve
• Vineyard Schultze Family Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
• Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains

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• In Cellars 43 (22%)
• Consumed 153 (78%)

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