Community Tasting Notes 27

• SCM Fan Likes this wine: 91 points

  February 22, 2024 - Double decanted back into bottle just prior to serving. Nose off decanter held beautiful bing cherry and spice aromas. Poured a 10 year old Rioja before to let this air out from decanting- very little bottle time on this '20 RRV PN. The "poor" Rioja never stood a chance against this modern style RRV Pinot Noir. Pours medium garnet in glass with aromas of bing cherry, rose petals, and spice. Palette immersed in cherries, dark plums a bit of leather mixed with nice glycerin. Modest acidity knits this wine together, balanced with fine tannins on a medium + length finish. Hard to put the glass down with this gem. This is what I love about RRV styled PN.
  Needs more bottle time, should improve IMO.

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• Steve Simmons wrote:

  November 5, 2023 - 3rd bottle still Meh

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• bubbachumps wrote: 92 points

  November 4, 2023 - Lighter styled, complex nose of tree bark, early and bing cherry. Light and pretty on the palate. Very nice wine.

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• Cabfrancophile wrote: 88 points

  October 7, 2023 - Falls firmly within the good dN category. Cherry cola, raspberry and five spice, fruit forward and ripe without going over the top. Full bodied, medium low acidity, oak is more prominent than my preference. Good flavor intensity, OK finish--neither a peacock tail or cliff. Light tannins. Drink or hold for several years.

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• Dobrie10 wrote:

  August 11, 2023 - Update from last note: fruit is no longer nearly as jammy. Overall, still a “bigger” wine than I prefer and not stylistically aligned with what I love about Pinot. Not sure this is going to mature and mellow.
  
  Day 3 edit: left about 8oz in the bottle. The color is Syrah but the nose and palate are cherry, blackberry, and spice. This is a nice wine to drink after it sees a lot of air/time. Long finish with grippy tannin. I will likely stash one in the back of the cellar and come back to it towards the end of the decade. An expirement, if you will. Again, not what I look for in a Pinot, but I am just enjoying this as a nice, pleasant, wine with quality fruit and a great winemaker.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2020
• Type Red
• Producer de Négoce
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation OG N.234
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

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• Pending Delivery 36 (3%)
• In Cellars 576 (55%)
• Consumed 435 (42%)

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