PnP. Medium light red. Nose of red fruits and herbs. Rather light on the palate dominated by the herbal notes and a somewhat thin acidic finish. Although in the Littorai style this lacks fruit and is disappointing. However, with air it puts on weight and the fruit shows much more intensity.
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Nice nose with notes of red berries, dark cherries, earth, flowers, and a hint of pine cone. Good acidity and structure with tart fruit, more cherries, and strawberries on the palate. Good finish. Very well made wine with good complexity and nuanced flavors.
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Light and refreshing to drink, a touch austere, lacks any complexity with a clipped finish. Horrible QPR. I prefer a crunchy austere style, but not enough here.
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Faint nose of red cherries, cranberries and mossy soil. Under-ripe cherry and a mildly unpleasant bitter orange peel note dominated the palate. Lacked weight and drank somewhat hollow. Left me wanting for depth and complexity. Barely serviceable Pinot Noir with a horrible QPR.
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Lovely red cherry, spice, and floral notes on the nose and balanced palate with delicious acidity on the long finish. Still might be holding back a bit.
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Usually not my favorite bottling from this producer but this was just excellent. Actually all the 2014 from littorai have been hitting it out of the park. This was on the darker side of the spectrum, black and red fruits, raspberry, cranberry, black tea, tiny bit of cherry cola. Tannic and plenty of acid to carry it through. Can go to to toe with a burg for sure.
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Cherry, rhubarb, a bit of stems showing. The fruit is pure, but overall this remains reticent to go with more structure and clearly will improve with age unlike the prev couple of vintages. Medium acid. Medium tannin. Hold.
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1/1/2024 - Goofienewfy Likes this wine: 95 Points
Nose is powerful red fruit and lavender flower. This is medium bodied and well balanced. The taste is saline and long finish. Exceptional stuff.
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12/25/2023 - rosenst1 wrote: 91 Points
PnP. Medium light red. Nose of red fruits and herbs. Rather light on the palate dominated by the herbal notes and a somewhat thin acidic finish. Although in the Littorai style this lacks fruit and is disappointing. However, with air it puts on weight and the fruit shows much more intensity.
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12/11/2023 - joshdrinkswine2008 wrote: 91 Points
A pleasant wine but higher in acidity than I would ave liked. Berries, cherries, first floor, hints of pine conea and the ocean.
Maybe I should have decanted?
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9/19/2023 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nice nose with notes of red berries, dark cherries, earth, flowers, and a hint of pine cone. Good acidity and structure with tart fruit, more cherries, and strawberries on the palate. Good finish. Very well made wine with good complexity and nuanced flavors.
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4/9/2023 - JEverson Likes this wine: 92 Points
Needs about 4 hours to breathe
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3/27/2023 - dlduchon wrote: 86 Points
Light and refreshing to drink, a touch austere, lacks any complexity with a clipped finish. Horrible QPR. I prefer a crunchy austere style, but not enough here.
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11/11/2022 - ajfret01 Likes this wine:
Drinking well. Nice acid. Nice fruit, cranberry, cherry. Many more years to go.
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12/22/2020 - Amerique wrote: 92 Points
very tight and restrained, needs time, acidic
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11/26/2020 - drmarclevine wrote: 87 Points
Faint nose of red cherries, cranberries and mossy soil. Under-ripe cherry and a mildly unpleasant bitter orange peel note dominated the palate. Lacked weight and drank somewhat hollow. Left me wanting for depth and complexity. Barely serviceable Pinot Noir with a horrible QPR.
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6/16/2020 - pjhr Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lovely red cherry, spice, and floral notes on the nose and balanced palate with delicious acidity on the long finish. Still might be holding back a bit.
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8/4/2019 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 93 Points
Usually not my favorite bottling from this producer but this was just excellent. Actually all the 2014 from littorai have been hitting it out of the park. This was on the darker side of the spectrum, black and red fruits, raspberry, cranberry, black tea, tiny bit of cherry cola. Tannic and plenty of acid to carry it through. Can go to to toe with a burg for sure.
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1/22/2017 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Deeply pitched with red and black fruits. It is really stony and fresh in the mouth with outstanding depth and some tannic grip to the finish.
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12/23/2016 - yossarian.livez wrote:
Cherry, rhubarb, a bit of stems showing. The fruit is pure, but overall this remains reticent to go with more structure and clearly will improve with age unlike the prev couple of vintages. Medium acid. Medium tannin. Hold.
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