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Manage Subscriptions2016 Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Knox Alexander
Pinot Noir
- USA
- California
- Central Coast
- Santa Maria Valley
Community Tasting Notes 23
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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- ProducerAu Bon Climat
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- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionCentral Coast
- AppellationSanta Maria Valley
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