Community Tasting Notes 4

• ChefR0b wrote: 82 points

  July 8, 2009 - Despite being 98% varietally pure, the flavor is uncharacteristic of classic Pinot Noir. It is bitter and thin on the palate with a lot of spicy black pepper, blueberry, cherry, vanilla, young oak and lead. This wine normally retails at $27.99 and my local liquor store appropriately marked it down to $19.99. Maybe in 2007 and 2008 it was good, but the flavor is very jarring in 2009. A popular critic rated this exact wine 80 out of 100.
  
  Total acidity 5.4 g/liter
  pH 3.6
  Alcohol 13.8%
  Residual sugar 0.10
  98% Varietally Pure

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• ctbob wrote: 89 points

  February 17, 2008 - What a surprise -- in a blind tasting this beat a whole array of wines; genuine pinot in true balance; excellent wine, must be fine QPR

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• wineshaman wrote: 89 points

  February 6, 2008 - Nice pinot, not too sweet, with strawberry,rhasberry,cherry and a touch of earth, followed by a smooth medium long finish.

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• Grace 77 wrote: 90 points

  October 30, 2007 - Rich and velvety smooth, full of berry flavor and a longer than most Pinots finish, this wine was lovely.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Frei Brothers
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

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• In Cellars 15 (48%)
• Consumed 16 (52%)

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