Community Tasting Notes 12

• stufis wrote: 92 points

  November 14, 2015 - Singing on all cylinders. Floral aspects are huge, the palate is lengthy and satisfying. No oaky aspects of note, well-resolved re: tannins. A nice wine!

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• FandL Likes this wine: 87 points

  December 29, 2014 - Had this wine with a ham & potato dinner. It appears to be just past its prime. Lost of its fruit…the oak is a touch over powering now. Very light bodied and color. Still drinkable, but I would not hold this year any longer.

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• swillpower wrote:

  July 4, 2013 - This had some of the nice spice and cranberry I associate with WO, but overall a bit short and disjointed, maybe a bit porty on the finish. A good Pinot, but just OK for this producer.

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• stufis wrote: 89 points

  April 27, 2013 - I noted a shorter finish than I always seem to get from Windy Oaks wines. On the palate, it starts fine, but I quickly sensed a fruit deficiency, making the whole thing out of whack. The wine lingered on the back end as if I had taken a dram of whisky instead of PN. Not at all what I expected. It sez 14.3%, but felt higher.
  
  This warmer site (a mile away from the Estate and notably warmer) sometimes turns out dramatically nice wines, more emphatic than the more sublime Estate offerings; perhaps this vintage was a problem.

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• TylerMcNinch wrote:

  March 26, 2013 - Salted strawberry, sweet oak, red licorice. Still plenty of gusto, with good acid. Drinking now wouldn't be a sin, but this has plenty more left to give.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer Windy Oaks Estate
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation Diane's Block
• Vineyard Klein Family Mountain Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
• Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains

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• In Cellars 6 (11%)
• Consumed 50 (89%)

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