September 25, 2019 - 2009 Ken Wright Horizontal - Nathan's 1st Birthday: My favorite of the 2009 Ken Wright Pinots (shocker). More depth, it's the complete package in terms of not lacking anything compared to the other site specific expressions
September 22, 2019 - At a party we did six different vineyards of the 09 vintage. All in excellent shape and drinking well.
Many people’s favorite of the six. Deeper complexity of fruit and earth.
April 19, 2017 - From half-bottle.
Mature wine moving towards past maturity.
Losing fruit and body. Aromatically dominated by quite nice tertiary aromas. Soft acidity. The finish is dominated by drying acidity, weakening aromas and a highly present and unpleasant alcohol. Unbalanced and declining. Drink up.
July 30, 2016 - this at least the 10th bottle of Ken Wright I've opened that is dead. unfortunately this stuff is just not built to last. what a shame. wish i would've had this bottle a few years ago.
March 14, 2016 - Super rich, ripe syrupy, full bodied balanced with good acid balance. A style that I don't always enjoy but today it was in the knifes edfwtand it was delicious
January 1, 2016 - Stewed prunes, concentrated cherry and strawberry. Great balance, medium finish.
September 27, 2015 - Opened next to a 2007 Cadeau Pinot Cote Est which I preferred. Crimson color. Fruitier than the Cadeau Pinot with notes of red berries and cherries. Didn't notice the heat which some others have mentioned. 89 points
July 13, 2015 - Just not up to the old Ken Wright standard.
January 23, 2015 - This had a deep, rich, fragrant bouquet of smoke, burnt wood, black cherry, cola, sassafras and spice aromas. The palate was rich, ripe and dry with flavors of burnt toast, black cherry, blackberry, cola and spice.
January 23, 2015 - Super extracted and a layer of pruney/oxidized flavors. No other experience with Ken Wright/Shea, so I don't know if this is the way the wine should be (if so, meh), or a flawed nomacorc (damn plastic corks). Cellared well since release, so it's not a storage issue. Not great.