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Red
2006 Black Kite Pinot Noir Kite's Rest
Pinot Noir
- USA
- California
- North Coast
- Anderson Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 47
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Yamadori Likes this wine:
August 28, 2013 - Decanted 1 hour and rebottled. Similar to previous notes and another great showing for this wine. Beautiful balance between dark cherry fruit, earth and minerality. Nice acidity and a long finish with integrated tannins. The fruit is not as sweet as with a lot of Californian Pinots but I prefer this style. Shame this was my last bottle.
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Yamadori wrote: 93 points
March 17, 2013 - Popped and poured. Took a little while to open up. Consistent with previous TN. Very good Pinot.
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Yamadori wrote: 93 points
January 27, 2013 - Popped and poured. Interesting nose of cherry, mint and dill pickle. Dark cherry and cranberry fruit profle with notes of mint and a green vegetal aspect. The fruit turns a little sweet on the mid-palate where notes of spice and black pepper kick in. Medium plus finish with integrated tannins. Extremely good Pinot which seems to be in a good place right now. I was able to get a few bottles direct from the winery and based on this showing this wine has a few more years left.
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tomlee wrote: 90 points
September 10, 2012 - Beautiful ruby in color. Cranberry and cherry on the nose. Pomegranate, spice, forest floor, brown sugar, minerals and a hint of nutmeg. A long, dusty, spicy finish. This is a wine to drink in the near term.
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Traxx Does not like this wine:
July 2, 2012 - Downright terrible bottle at this point. Heat, vanilla, and gloopy fruit. No balance. Should have consumed these all the first couple years...
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By Richard Jennings
8/25/2008 (link) 91 points(Black Kite Pinot Noir Kite's Rest) Spicy cherry nose; tasty Anderson Valley fruit, spicy cherry; medium finish
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By Gary Vaynerchuk
Mailing List Wines: A Show On Wines We Think Will Be Hard To Get In The Future, Episode #485, 6/13/2008 (link) 94 points(Black Kite Pinot Noir Kite's Rest) #1; COLOR-dark; NOSE-a beautiful nose; some pickle juice w/ beautiful cherry and strawberry juice; underlining fennel; ripping strawberry; little black pepper; classic Pinot; TASTE-there's no denying the gorgeous, candied strawberry flavor that resonates throughout your palate; incredible transition from the attack to the finish that blows me away; slim Jim flavor; some heat; gorgeous elegance; fine leather on the back-end; great length; nice firm tannins on the back-end gives in backbone (can see this lasting 5-7 years); elegance for days ("I feel like we're ballroom dancing in my mouth"); this is very good and very well-priced; this wine is RIPPING!!; Bringing SERIOUS Thunder!!!; this is a great example of what New World Pinot Noir can be; this is what I like about Anderson Valley -- explosive, but refined; an absolute STEAL; GV-94
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2006
- Type Red
- Producer Black Kite
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation Kite's Rest
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion North Coast
- Appellation Anderson Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 2 (1%)
- In Cellars 61 (24%)
- Consumed 188 (75%)
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- ProducerBlack Kite
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNorth Coast
- AppellationAnderson Valley
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