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2016 Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Knox Alexander

Pinot Noir

  • USA
  • California
  • Central Coast
  • Santa Maria Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 23

  • WineKnut Likes this wine: 93 points

    March 23, 2024 - Deep concentrated color and perfectly clear.

    Nose is cherries, rhubarb, touch of cola, and clean earth.

    Palate is round and juicy and confirms nose. Incredibly profound, integrated and balanced. Mouth coating mid palate with welcome minerality.

    One of my favorite Pinots so far this year. I immediately started shopping for more. If I had tasted this blind, it would have fooled me easily. It's just so Burgundian.

  • happyhyrax Likes this wine: 91 points

    November 30, 2023 - This is nice. Quite complex. Red fruit, floral. Some forest notes. Somewhat short finish is the only mild gripe. Feels like it will be better in a few years, which is a shame as this is my last bottle. Have stoppered and will revisit tomorrow.

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  • RhoneRanger206 Likes this wine: 92 points

    October 18, 2023 - Amazing Pinot. Heavier than others. Ready to drink now.

  • SteCru1. Likes this wine: 93 points

    June 5, 2023 - Absolutely a gem of a red wine. Blackcurrants, strawberry jam, hay. Usually I decant, but drank this straight from the bottle. Good qpr as well and a very good rival to much more expensive Burgundy wines.

  • ppandian Likes this wine: 90 points

    December 16, 2022 - Notes of cocoa powder, pure fruit, lean, notes of cherries, chiseled acidic backbone and taut tannins.

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  • By John Gilman
    May/Jun 2020, Issue #87, Recently-Tasted American Wines Lifting the Spirits Of The Sad Spring of 2020

    (Pinot Noir “Knox Alexander”- Au Bon Climat (Santa Maria Valley)) Subscribe to see review text.

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  • By Jeb Dunnuck
    Central Coast: The 2017s and 2018s, 10/31/2019 (link)

    (Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Knox Alexander) Subscribe to see review text.

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  • By Antonio Galloni
    Santa Barbara: Present & Future (Sep 2019), 9/1/2019 (link)

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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2016
  • Type Red
  • Producer Au Bon Climat
  • Varietal Pinot Noir
  • Designation n/a
  • Vineyard Knox Alexander
  • Country USA
  • Region California
  • SubRegion Central Coast
  • Appellation Santa Maria Valley
  • UPC Code 1856213000233

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 6 (1%)
  • In Cellars 346 (61%)
  • Consumed 218 (38%)

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