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Red
2006 McHenry Vineyard Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard
Pinot Noir
- USA
- California
- Santa Cruz Mountains
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Community Tasting Notes 34
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IlonaN wrote: 88 points
October 11, 2018 - A lean, burgundian style wine, still in good drinkable condition with tart cherry, plum skin and a touch of earthiness. Good but not excellent. Drink now.
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dubdub wrote:
February 26, 2018 - Beautiful. Consistent with previous note. Dust, earth on the nose. Very muted fruit in the mouth with secondary flavours dominating. I am not seeing this develop much more, but will maybe hold for a couple of years more.
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IJC Likes this wine:
November 23, 2017 - Just past its peak, but a fine bottle nonetheless. The color, transparent as always with McHenry, now tinged with garnet, signaling a nose and then flavors in which the fruit has begun to recede (ever so gently), and the earth notes have moved to the fore.
Time to drink up whatever is remaining.
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IJC Likes this wine:
January 29, 2017 - Delicious. The effect of time has gently transformed the wine into a more mature version of the traits that made it so appealing in its youth: transparency and lightness are still very much present - the color now slightly garnet tinged, but remarkably light, astonishingly clear. The nose now projects more sous bois, more notes of cinnamon, autumn leaves, tart and ripe cherry, a haunting perfume and taste which ends with a strong ferrous note, citric and tart, and a long lasting finish.
Rated 2 on a scale of -1 to 3.
Based on this bottle, I believe that the wine will continue in a strong drinking window through 2017, possibly well into 2018. -
IJC Likes this wine:
June 3, 2015 - Wonderful, aging beautifully, structure and taste very Burgundian... to be continued
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2006
- Type Red
- Producer McHenry Vineyard
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Estate Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
- Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 17 (11%)
- Consumed 144 (89%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
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- ProducerMcHenry Vineyard
- VarietyPinot Noir
- VineyardEstate Vineyard
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- AppellationSanta Cruz Mountains
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