Community Tasting Notes 29

• studleytrey Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 21, 2022 - 1/1. Wow, that's a heavy bottle right there. Ok, so we're being serious here apparently. Medium ruby. Smells really nice with notes of black cherry, plum, orange peel, potpourri, lemon, lavender, black tea, earth, fennel, eucalyptus, cedar, mushrooms, smoke, and light barnyard funk. Nice. Medium body, medium (+) acid and finish, nice luscious mouth feel, and flavors of black cherry, plum, lemon, orange, black tea, and minerals. Perfect tonight with apple butter pork chops and sweet potatoes. Really nice.

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• bacchus wrote: 92 points

  January 7, 2022 - shared with pat at selkirk manor. celebrating the end of the work week and having survived another week of SIP. (stay in place/sip in place) due to pandemic. i continue to prune the cellar of bottles with past due drink by dates. i had been holding on to my last bottle of this wine to share with marty s. but the occasion never presented itself. the wine proved to be in sound condition. no formal notes. see my last tasting note of 4/24/20 which still holds true. i have been exploring other rosella's vineyard offerings. i need to pay more attention to this AVA.

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• bacchus wrote: 92 points

  April 24, 2020 - shared with pat at selkirk manor to celebrate surviving another week of "staying in place" due to corona virus. the wine continues to show well despite having been stored at room temperature since purchase. in fact, this bottle showed better than the last one tasted on 3/2/2019. tonite's bottle was fuller and more robust. shows more generous nose and more rich mouth feel. builds to a crescendo after being open for forty minutes.
  the wine continues to show ruby color with no browning. floral nose. fruit forward. cherry, plum and brown licorice on the palate. well balanced. soft tannin. medium finish. although fully mature and drinking beautifully now, it seems to have sufficient structure to keep on going. will wait a year before enjoying the last one.

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• bacchus wrote: 90 points

  March 2, 2019 - last tasted on 8/18/2018 and rated 90 points. brought this bottle to Larimar Restaurant in Spring Lake after having attended bordeaux tasting at Spring Lake Bottle Shop. shared with pat to celebrate the end of the work week. the wine showed well despite having been stored at room temperature since purchase. the wine continues to show ruby color. floral nose. fruit forward. cherry on the palate. well balanced. soft tannin. medium finish. seems fully mature. will enjoy remaining bottles before 2020.

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• bacchus wrote: 90 points

  August 18, 2018 - shared with pat at selkirk manor to celebrate the end of the work week. was a little worried about this bottle since it had been stored at room temperature since purchase. the wine showed well. ruby color. floral nose. cherry on the palate. well balanced. soft tannin. medium finish. seems fully mature. will enjoy the next bottle in six months.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Pelerin
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Rosella's Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Central Coast
• Appellation Santa Lucia Highlands

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• Pending Delivery 1 (1%)
• In Cellars 28 (14%)
• Consumed 168 (85%)

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