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Red
2014 Donelan Pinot Noir Cushing's Block Barbed Oak Vineyard
Pinot Noir
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Bennett Valley
Label borrowed from 2015
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Community Tasting Notes 4
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Tim336 Likes this wine: 93 points
November 18, 2023 - Gosh, really good. A "cab lover's pinot" for sure -- rich and still a bit tannic, with some cinnamon and lots of sweet boysenberry thrown in. But cranberries too for sure, and some pomegranate as a previous poster mentioned. What a great wine to roll around in your mouth for a while. Extra points for having the least fiddly and aggravating wax capsule I've yet come across. Kudos!
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YankeeRobio Likes this wine: 95 points
June 22, 2019 - Cranberry, pomegranate, spice
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YankeeRobio Likes this wine: 94 points
September 5, 2017 - Closed for the first 30 minutes, then opened up beautifully with red raspberry and cranberry notes. After 60 minutes, some wonderful eucalyptus emerged. A wonderful wine.
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Love that Wine Likes this wine: 77 points
November 5, 2016 - Allow 20 minutes in bottle, 15 in glass for the wine to unravel and relax. Very balanced betwixt fruit and mineral earth. Was super simpatico with a PA blue cheese and with a Tome cheese the relationship was slightly contrasting.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Donelan Family Wines: Singular, Cool-Climate beauties from Sonoma, 7/18/2017 (link)(Donelan Pinot Noir Cushing’s Block) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
Sonoma’s Sensational 2015s Parts 1 & 2 (Mar 2017), 3/1/2017 (link)(Donelan Family Wines Pinot Noir Cushing's Block Sonoma) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
2/19/2017 (link)(Donelan Pinot Noir Sonoma County Bennett Valley Barbed Oak Vineyard Cushing's Block, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2014
- Type Red
- Producer Donelan
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation Cushing's Block
- Vineyard Barbed Oak Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Bennett Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 80 (39%)
- Consumed 126 (61%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
75% Like It 4 votes
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- ProducerDonelan
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
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