Community Tasting Notes 10

• Janda_42 Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 9, 2024 - Aired for 45 minutes.
  
  Eye: Crystaline ruby-red center to a medium pink rim.
  
  Nose: Musky and perfumed. Cacao powder, caramel, touch of red fruit. Earth, light booze.
  
  Palate: Good acid, low tannin. Rich and mouth filling. Pomegranate. Tart cherry, sous bois. Bloody meat, mushroom, soy sauce. Bacon fat. Strawberry preserves.
  
  Finish: Meat, soy, umami, burnt caramel. Lingering tart red fruit.
  
  Overall: Some very nice Pinot drinking surprisingly well despite its relative youth.

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• jlhkiss Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 25, 2024 - This needed a half hour in bottle to open up before we paired with salmon cakes and garbanzo bean salad. Purple-crimson color. Floral nose brings potpourri, blueberry pie, and strawberry blossoms. The palate is medium, round, and textured, bringing a nice mix of high-toned raspberries and sour rhubarb into a tannic, woody finish. This should be a nice a case study in finesse and precision in a few years, but is still developing now. Drink: 2026-2032. Technical score: 91. Enjoyment score: 93

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• honest bob wrote: 92 points

  March 6, 2024 - From 75cl, opened 5 hours in ABC tasting room, Santa Barbara. Serious scent with plenty of savoury action even at this early stage of its development: consommé leather, bright red fruit and dark rose petals. The palate is thinner than the nose promises, with darker fruit, tannic backbone, leading to a short, brusque, even tarry finish. Great potential from 2026 onwards. $65 cellar door. 92P

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• aelloyd Likes this wine: 92 points

  January 13, 2024 - Light, approachable and with a strong edge. I love it.

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• Ben Christiansen wrote:

  January 6, 2024 - 25% whole cluster and very hard edged on the palate.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• 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

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• Pending Delivery 42 (14%)
• In Cellars 183 (63%)
• Consumed 66 (23%)

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