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Community Tasting Notes 27
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jgh123 Likes this wine: 92 points
December 30, 2023 - Ripe fruit; complex; rich/deep. Delicious!
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glassofhans Likes this wine: 92 points
May 16, 2023 - Getting more ready since I last had it
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jgh123 Likes this wine: 91 points
March 13, 2023 - Holding up well.Rich; dark chocolate & plums. Should last a few more years if properly stored.
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Kenny_G Likes this wine: 91 points
July 29, 2020 - I have very mixed feelings about this wine. It is tasty and enjoyable. But, for a top wine from this winery, from an excellent wine maker with many Pinot Noir offerings, it remains disappointingly lacking in greatness. No top level richness, lushness, complexity, and depth. Instead of being soaringly great, it remains just good, with a nice balance of fruit, acid, and tannin. The glass bottle is deeply punted and extremely heavy, out of place for so modest a wine inside.
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Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 points
May 5, 2020 - Drank over a few hours. Drank in Grassl Cru.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of sweet florals, earth, sous bois undergrowth, red cherries, hints of cola. Developed.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13.5%), silky integrated medium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of red cherries, bits of darker red cherries and cola, sweet spices, sweet melted earth and some undergrowth. Long finish.
Very good quality. Drinking at peak already. Don't hold on for too long more. Elegant and going for a more Old World feel though the New World fruit ripeness is certainly still there.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2007
- Type Red
- Producer Au Bon Climat
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation Isabelle
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation California
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
- In Cellars 159 (52%)
- Consumed 147 (48%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
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- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- AppellationCalifornia
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