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Saturday, November 14, 2020 - Zooming with the Battle of the Pinots: Zooming in on a Pinot Knockdown

Wines poured into jars at around 4:00 for transport, transferred to glasses at 6:00, and analyzed over the next 3 hours. This was a double blind tasting, except we knew which wine we provided, but not which glass it was in. The line-up included the following:

2019 Longshadows Julia Dazzle (Starter Rose)
2014 Archery Summit Whole Cluster Cuvee
2015 Sineann Wy'east Reserve
2012 Sineann Resonance Reserve
2013 Antica Terra Anticythera
2015 Landmark Escolle Road Santa Lucia Highlands

Group's order was as follows:
WOTN: 2015 Sineann Wy'east Reserve
#2: 2014 Archery Summit Whole Cluster Cuvee
#3: 2012 Sineann Resonance Reserve

My Order: 2014 Archery Summit, 2015 Wy'East Res, 2013 Antica Terra, 2012 Resonance Res, 2015 Landmark

All wines were very good and very different, so personal preference will likely determine anyone else's order. For me, less than 2 points separated the top wine from the last place wine....a truly epic battle!

2014 Archery Summit Pinot Noir Whole Cluster Cuvée: Apparently this wine does not get a lot of love! I thoroughly enjoyed this wine, and for where it is right now, compared to the other wines in the group, it was my WOTN. I will admit I was surprised to see this wine perform so well, and I felt it drank much older than its age. I would have guessed this wine a 2010 or older. I am not sure how much more life this wine has in it, but it is surely in a great spot now, and I would recommend opening a bottle sooner than later for those who have some. The nose showed some vegetal notes, as well as cherry and other red fruit, along with some dried leather and dusty earth notes, and the palate was similar. Everything is in harmony and the wine is drinking quite well. I very much enjoyed drinking this, it was the groups #2, and my WOTN....94+.

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