Community Tasting Notes 11

• mkribar wrote:

  November 18, 2023 - Very light color, translucent. Sour cherry, cranberry, keemun tea, bay leaf, turkish delight. This is about as elegant as pinot noir gets—just stunning. More tea on the palate, with rose, violet, cherry, sour plum skin, a little apricot, blood orange.
  
  Ethereal on the palate: medium- tannin, medium plus acid, low alcohol. No need to hold this any more, it’s great now. It’s clearly not burgundy—there’s not enough dirt for that—but it’a a classic, elegant, new world pinot.

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• mattym19 Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 17, 2022 - Sonoma (and one Napa) Wineries; 2/13/2022-2/18/2022 (Healdsburg, CA and Napa, CA): Nose has strong rosewater notes with ripe cranberry and strawberry hard candy and a subtle, pleasant greenness at the end. Palate instantly fills the mouth with potpurri, white pepper and cranberry notes. Great acidity, medium finish. Very fresh and delicious, dare I say "exotic" Pinot.

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• SirJ Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 31, 2021 - Lioco's Pinot Noir from 2018 shows that PN from high altitude (Santa Cruz Mountains) shows higher acidity and that these wines will be very good over time. Needed 2-3 hours before the fruit started to shine, was perfect for Champagne chicken with mashed potatoes. Hold for at least 2 - 3 years.

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• mkribar Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 6, 2021 - November 2021 Trip to Sonoma: Very, very pretty nose. Floral/rose petal/turkish delight. Some earth. Strawberries and orange peel. Black tea. The palate is ethereal--light bodied, with good acid. The strawberry/orange peel is still there on the palate, but with an added cedar and incense note.
  
  This is a classic very cool climate pinot-noir, and I liked it a lot. A strong argument for the Santa Cruz mountains.

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• 560 B&W Likes this wine: 93 points

  October 7, 2021 - Decanted at The Morris. Needs time, but quite lovely and typical SC. 13.3%

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer Lioco
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Saveria Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
• Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains
• UPC Code 669909990470

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• In Cellars 109 (55%)
• Consumed 91 (46%)

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