Community Tasting Notes 8

• nfafoglia Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 26, 2015 - Light in color with a bit of cloudiness that is typical of Thomas Brown's pinots, which are not racked. Sweet red fruit with some saddle leather and earth. Tasted from a magnum.

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• WetRock wrote:

  January 21, 2012 - Rivers Marie Summa Old Vines Vertical (Elks Tower Penthouse, Sacramento, CA): Subtle nose giving mineral notes along with citrus and cranberry. Juicy yet focused with a lean feel. Nice secondary characters lending complexity. Very nice.

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• Johann Von Mastiff wrote: 90 points

  April 17, 2009 - Fairly cloudy appearance. Medium brick red. Very perfumed nose. Red rassberrrys and cranberry mostly with some pretty exotic other notes, like five spice and clove. Some lingering tannin and a real good spike of acid.

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• Pool Boy wrote: 92 points

  July 17, 2008 - Drank with the DC Crü at New Heights in DC.
  
  Green vines, sweet, slightly caramely, cake frosting, bright, some leatheriness, red raspberry cream, unbelievable at the end of the evening. I'd really fallen for this when I think Pops brought it to a dinner at Stomp a few years ago. The bottles in between left me disappointed, and I thought this one would, too, but after a few hours of air it really showed well. 92-93 pts at the end of the night.

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• Paul Lin wrote: 93 points

  July 28, 2007 - Rivers-Marie Dinner (Sage Restaurant - Newport Beach, CA): 44 cases produced. 100% new French oak. 14.4% alcohol. Compared to the regular Summa, the super silky Old Vine Summa makes the former wear like a cotton shirt. Predictably deeper and richer and my WOTN, in part I think because it is drinking so well right now (whereas the others need more time to come together and/or mellow out). Enchanting aromas of dried cranberries, black cherries, pomegranate, and just a hint of sweet tobacco followed by gorgeous mouth-filling strawberry and cranberry fruit. The oak is perfectly integrated and gives the wine a complexity that is hard to describe. All I can say is that it's there without being there. Finishes with a nice kick of acidity that prepares the palate for food and keeps you returning for more. Delicious.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type Red
• Producer Rivers-Marie
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation Summa Old Vines
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Coast

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• In Cellars 30 (51%)
• Consumed 29 (49%)

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