Community Tasting Notes 10

• ccrida Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 31, 2015 - This was so awesome, starting with some brillant cranberry fruit on the nose, a supple mouthfeel of fruit well balanced with the acid. Elegant yet still full of new world swagger. After about 4+ hours in the decanter, a little solvent jumped out in front of the fruit, and it continued to slide from there over the last 2 or so hours. Still, a very enjoyable bottle.

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• klezman wrote:

  July 29, 2014 - Smoky,earthy, cherry, delicious. Great acid and balance.

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• klezman wrote:

  March 29, 2014 - Earthy, smoky, cherry, nice balance. Nice to drink and good with food that isn't too overpowering. Nice Sonoma Coast fruit.

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• merryberry Likes this wine: 91 points

  March 18, 2013 - Translucent magenta. Strawberry basket and cinnamon spice nose. Medium to full bodied, pomegranates, bing cherries, white pepper, well integrated tannins, big acid, and a slightly fizzy medium finish. For an entry-level wine, this is really very good.

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• richardhod Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 16, 2012 - Much better than expected: the extra year or two in bottle has helped enormously. 30-60 mins decanted:
  Earthy nose, with fresh Pinot Noir aroma.
  Good, sharp acidity, with bright cherry pinot flavour, some more body than expected and forest floor, earthiness too. Not as multi-dimensional as a good burgundy, and not as zippy as a good fresh Carneros PN, but no one-trick pony either. I think this really is expressing its terroir nicely.
  Bright, but still less sharply acidic than the very keen 07 Zena Crown Expression 44. It also had vibrancy and flavours which completely outshone the D'Ontspille opened at the same time which, while a decent budget Pinot, was entirely unidimensional by comparison.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Roessler
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation La Brisa
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Coast

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• In Cellars 34 (29%)
• Consumed 82 (71%)

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