Community Tasting Notes 19

• Fftjr Likes this wine: 94 points

  July 23, 2021 - Awesome. Big fruit. Excellent pinot.

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• JRockEsq Likes this wine: 90 points

  May 1, 2021 - Method: 2 hour decant; 60 degrees; Grassl Cru
  
  Look: Medium garnet; medium amount of medium speed legs
  
  Nose: cherry, cola, clove, forest floor, violet
  
  Palate: cherry, bitter chocolate, dry leaves, light cola, clove, violet, dry herbs, tobacco; medium finish of dry forest floor, oak; dry; light+ body; medium tannin; medium acidity
  
  Overall thoughts: The nose is great, but the palate doesn't quite live up to it for me. The wine is balanced and there is a nice herbaceous quality among the many flavors I note, but nothing in particular really shines very bright.

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• TGOT Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 8, 2021 - Put this up against a 2013 Kosta Brown Russian River Valley and a 2013 Cirq Treehouse and was surprised to determine this was my least favorite of the three. That said, it was still really nice and I would drink this all day long.

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• J @ y H @ c k Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 21, 2020 - Although 7 years old, this was still infanticide. I decanted for about 45 minutes and should have decanted it at lunch for a dinner tasting. But FMIII's charity challenge required pinot because his manhood was removed about 5 years ago, so I went for a wine that Jay Miller - The Good Jay Miller for those who understand the inside joke - twice mistook blind for Cali Syrah.
  
  This wine is unmistakably pinot, with a fair amount of traditional Cali pinot funk (some call it cola) and a strong backbone of red fruit focusing on cherries. There is some undefined spiciness that evokes toasted oak, but it is not oaky at all. Color is moderately dark but not impenetrable by a long shot, comparable to aged, but not well aged, Barolo, for those who know the color evolution of that grape. The bottom line on this wine is to keep my hands off for another 10 years. I have a smattering of Aubert pinot going back to 2004 and maybe I should try one of those next . . . in about 2 years.
  
  My score on this does not assume improvement, which is probably the wrong way to score this wine, because my guess is that 10 years from now it will show some elegant flavors but retain its power.

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• dkwins Likes this wine: 93 points

  August 15, 2020 - This took a little while to open up and would have benefited from decanting. The first glass was only fair, but the second was an excellent, pleasing light cherry spice.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Aubert
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Coast
• UPC Code 000004079835

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• Pending Delivery 5 (1%)
• In Cellars 238 (29%)
• Consumed 590 (71%)

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