Friday night at home with lamb chops on the grill. Kids back home for winter break. Jess, Ben and Brian at dinner. Wine a little disjointed perhaps past it's prime?
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I love Eric Kent wines, but this wasn't their finest hour. There's a barnyard funk to this one and some thinness that seems to be the bottle variation described earlier. There was still a touch of red fruit, but it just wasn't a standout like the others we've tried. Hopefully just an off bottle.
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Saturday night at home - after a trio to Philly. Enjoyed the wine with D'Angelos sausage - after some D'Brunos cheese. Nice - "darker" than the '06 - very nice. Still one bottle of each vintage in the cellar.
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The wine looks Purple colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Strawberry Jam, and Blackberry. It tastes like Strawberry, Blackberry, and Strawberry Jam. The body is Medium/Full. The wine is textured Round. The wine finishes Medium.
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So I had an interesting experience with this wine as I started it out in a Riedel Oregon Pinot glass. Nice cherry aromas, a little spice that all carried into the mouth with a little minerality and a medium finish, very nice, enjoyable, not over the top Pinot. Then I tried it in one of those mondo Riedel Burgandy glasses and the nose was much more complex with earth, mushroom added to the fruit and spicde with more integrated feel in the mouth. Well done.
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I had this wine one year ago and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately this bottle has devolved - it lost its fruit with only lingering sour cherry and rhubarb remaining - thin, light and acidic. It wasn't corked. Looking back on CT it appears there is some bottle variation. Drank over 2 nights.
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The nose was intially pretty closed down, but opened after an hour or so to reveal spice, red fruit, and a bit of cola. One the palate, cherry, some baking spice and lively acidity, with a bit of disappointing finish. Overall I felt this wine was little simple, lacking any real complexity or interest.
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What passes between spouses in offhanded comments is often illuminating into how they think about each other. My spouse is an obituary reader, I am not. The other day I asked her to hand me a section of the paper and she passed me the obituaries. I complained that she knew that I didn’t read the obituaries, to which she responded. “Oh yes you do, you read wine reviews”. A laugh on my part and the tension passed. In some ways it is an apt metaphor. We kill the wine and write up the death. I never thought I would become the vinolic combination of Charles Henri-Sanson and Robert McG. Thomas.
Based upon other Eric Kent wines I have consumed and the reviews on Cellartracker I was expecting a wine as fleshy as Elly May Clampett, but what I got was a wine as thin as Daisy May “Granny” Moses. Damn that bottle variation. The kind of brick red color at the edges that makes your first thought about the wine “uh oh”. In contrast to the other reviews a very light nose with a single aroma of cedar. Thin and light with lots of acid. Cedar and a little bit of cherry in the taste. Also kind of a chamomile and slippery elm bark tea with a squeeze of lemon thing, yeah clearly an herbal tea and lemon flavor going on. No flavor in the finish, but lots of acid. No lingering pot roast taste survived a swallow. This bottle was clearly off but not bad enough to label completely flawed.
Follow Up: The winery reads Cellar Tracker and read this review. Noting that I had a bottle that was off they included a free bottle in my next order. Kudos to the winery - that kind of attention to detail is really amazing. Also it shows just how important CellarTracker is becoming to producers.
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Had this last night so I have to write this from memory. Great fragrant nose. Big fruit with a nice mineral finish that lingers. This gets better after opening for 2 hours. The 05 is tasting better than the 06.
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Great nose, cherry and some brown sugar and spice on the tail end. The palate has good balance, with good medium red fruit and a mushroomy flavor on the mid-palate. Quite good, surprised me a bit.
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Perfumed aromas of earthy mineral and wild berry fruit. Palate of creamy cherry, floral, and raspberry flavors over black tea and spice. Tight on the attack; medium weight with a smooth mouthfeel and very crisp acidity on the lingering finish.
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decanted 90 minutes. big nose - spice and fruit. big taste - fruit forward coupled with pinot spice. long smooth finish - no heat. perfect example of a new world pinot and excellent QPR!!! fantastic - rebuy.
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So much better than the first bottle I drank a month ago. Much less of the alcohol, much more of the fruit and spice, but well balanced. Wonderful perfume. Maybe the last bottle was a fluke.. I have a couple more left...
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Very nice nose, gobs of red fruit. Thin on the palate with sour cherries, strawberry, and the sharp acidity. Seemed to be very disjointed, maybe going through a dumb phase? Splashed half the bottle in the decanter for a couple of hours, started to gain some weight, going to try sitting on it for 9-12 months. First bottle from EK that didn't meet my expectations.
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The finesse and elegance of this wine is wonderful. A bit of fruit and herb with a great perfume. I love this wine. It has a long finish, is mellow and velvetty. Medium body and very balanced. Luscious sweetness and a zesty acidity.
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Beautiful ruby color with a hint of lightening at the edge. Great nose of red and some blue fruit, forest floor, spice, and cola... this is California pinot! Medium bodied, red fruits, spice and earth. Nice finish, too. Great job, Eric Kent Winery!
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Opened and poured. Wonderful aromas of forest floor, cherry and spice are followed by rich, concentrated flavors of blackberry, plum, cherry, blueberry and spice. There is a little heat of high alcohol, but the finish is wonderful and is mouth coating.
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Pinot Days (San Francisco, CA): Best pinot noir of the entire tasting. Absolutely outstanding in every way. Meaty with luscious berries and lovely acidity. Loads of creamy blackberry fruit and spice give it complexity.
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One of the best pinot's that we have had in a while and we have had some good ones. Light but with intense flavor. Bursting with flavor, floral notes, very refined.
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Nose of strawberry and slightly funky barnyard lingering in the distance. Fruit is beautifully focused here. Tannins are very round with an incredible long finish. Acidity was really well integrated! Great effort.
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Just delivered & I couldn't resist opening. Classic Ca pinot nose with a hint of alcohol. Medium bodied with fresh fruit flavors of strawberry and blackcherry, good acidy and balance with a nice lengthy finish. This should improve with a little time in the bottle. I'll revisit in 9-12 mos. 50+5+13+17+8= 93
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12/16/2011 - eastover wrote:
Friday night at home with lamb chops on the grill. Kids back home for winter break. Jess, Ben and Brian at dinner. Wine a little disjointed perhaps past it's prime?
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12/4/2011 - tthorn wrote: 83 Points
I love Eric Kent wines, but this wasn't their finest hour. There's a barnyard funk to this one and some thinness that seems to be the bottle variation described earlier. There was still a touch of red fruit, but it just wasn't a standout like the others we've tried. Hopefully just an off bottle.
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8/20/2011 - eastover wrote:
Saturday night at home - after a trio to Philly. Enjoyed the wine with D'Angelos sausage - after some D'Brunos cheese. Nice - "darker" than the '06 - very nice. Still one bottle of each vintage in the cellar.
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6/5/2010 - mmmmWine wrote: 90 Points
The wine looks Purple colored.
The legs are Medium.
It smells like Strawberry Jam, and Blackberry.
It tastes like Strawberry, Blackberry, and Strawberry Jam.
The body is Medium/Full.
The wine is textured Round.
The wine finishes Medium.
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5/16/2010 - rralls wrote: 91 Points
Sat. wine lunch.
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2/25/2010 - rben_mvp wrote: 91 Points
So I had an interesting experience with this wine as I started it out in a Riedel Oregon Pinot glass. Nice cherry aromas, a little spice that all carried into the mouth with a little minerality and a medium finish, very nice, enjoyable, not over the top Pinot. Then I tried it in one of those mondo Riedel Burgandy glasses and the nose was much more complex with earth, mushroom added to the fruit and spicde with more integrated feel in the mouth. Well done.
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6/22/2009 - S. Lorin wrote: 83 Points
I had this wine one year ago and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately this bottle has devolved - it lost its fruit with only lingering sour cherry and rhubarb remaining - thin, light and acidic. It wasn't corked. Looking back on CT it appears there is some bottle variation. Drank over 2 nights.
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5/17/2009 - ebrown35 wrote: 88 Points
The nose was intially pretty closed down, but opened after an hour or so to reveal spice, red fruit, and a bit of cola. One the palate, cherry, some baking spice and lively acidity, with a bit of disappointing finish. Overall I felt this wine was little simple, lacking any real complexity or interest.
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3/21/2009 - ian95762 wrote: 94 Points
I'm not a huge Pinot drinker, but this was a damn good bottle of wine.Thats my novel.
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2/5/2009 - NPWolfe wrote: 75 Points
What passes between spouses in offhanded comments is often illuminating into how they think about each other. My spouse is an obituary reader, I am not. The other day I asked her to hand me a section of the paper and she passed me the obituaries. I complained that she knew that I didn’t read the obituaries, to which she responded. “Oh yes you do, you read wine reviews”. A laugh on my part and the tension passed. In some ways it is an apt metaphor. We kill the wine and write up the death. I never thought I would become the vinolic combination of Charles Henri-Sanson and Robert McG. Thomas.
Based upon other Eric Kent wines I have consumed and the reviews on Cellartracker I was expecting a wine as fleshy as Elly May Clampett, but what I got was a wine as thin as Daisy May “Granny” Moses. Damn that bottle variation. The kind of brick red color at the edges that makes your first thought about the wine “uh oh”. In contrast to the other reviews a very light nose with a single aroma of cedar. Thin and light with lots of acid. Cedar and a little bit of cherry in the taste. Also kind of a chamomile and slippery elm bark tea with a squeeze of lemon thing, yeah clearly an herbal tea and lemon flavor going on. No flavor in the finish, but lots of acid. No lingering pot roast taste survived a swallow. This bottle was clearly off but not bad enough to label completely flawed.
Follow Up: The winery reads Cellar Tracker and read this review. Noting that I had a bottle that was off they included a free bottle in my next order. Kudos to the winery - that kind of attention to detail is really amazing. Also it shows just how important CellarTracker is becoming to producers.
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12/13/2008 - peternelson wrote: 87 Points
Doug & Tina’s: Big oaky ok monster of a Pinot; thick, rich, too much;14.8%
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12/12/2008 - Saintaz wrote: 92 Points
Had this last night so I have to write this from memory.
Great fragrant nose. Big fruit with a nice mineral finish that lingers. This gets better after opening for 2 hours.
The 05 is tasting better than the 06.
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8/27/2008 - mgl wrote: 93 Points
Fabulous
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7/12/2008 - atun53 wrote: 88 Points
Much better than the first bottle. Nice candied cherry flavors did not have the thin palate or disjunct feeling. Would buy again.
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3/25/2008 - pakabear wrote: 91 Points
Great nose, cherry and some brown sugar and spice on the tail end. The palate has good balance, with good medium red fruit and a mushroomy flavor on the mid-palate. Quite good, surprised me a bit.
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2/10/2008 - scott davis wrote: 91 Points
Perfumed aromas of earthy mineral and wild berry fruit. Palate of creamy cherry, floral, and raspberry flavors over black tea and spice. Tight on the attack; medium weight with a smooth mouthfeel and very crisp acidity on the lingering finish.
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1/19/2008 - Big_Al wrote: 93 Points
decanted 90 minutes. big nose - spice and fruit. big taste - fruit forward coupled with pinot spice. long smooth finish - no heat. perfect example of a new world pinot and excellent QPR!!! fantastic - rebuy.
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1/16/2008 - ian95762 wrote: 92 Points
Needs a little more time. Fine work for a P/N.
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11/24/2007 - Schemer wrote: 90 Points
So much better than the first bottle I drank a month ago. Much less of the alcohol, much more of the fruit and spice, but well balanced. Wonderful perfume. Maybe the last bottle was a fluke.. I have a couple more left...
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11/11/2007 - atun53 wrote: 84 Points
Very nice nose, gobs of red fruit. Thin on the palate with sour cherries, strawberry, and the sharp acidity. Seemed to be very disjointed, maybe going through a dumb phase? Splashed half the bottle in the decanter for a couple of hours, started to gain some weight, going to try sitting on it for 9-12 months. First bottle from EK that didn't meet my expectations.
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10/21/2007 - mgl wrote: 95 Points
The finesse and elegance of this wine is wonderful. A bit of fruit and herb with a great perfume. I love this wine. It has a long finish, is mellow and velvetty. Medium body and very balanced. Luscious sweetness and a zesty acidity.
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9/30/2007 - Schemer wrote: 80 Points
intense with a lot of fruit, but also a bit of alcohol that tended to obscure. A real let down from the 04 which I really enjoyed.
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9/7/2007 - TheOtherPoster wrote: 92 Points
Beautiful ruby color with a hint of lightening at the edge. Great nose of red and some blue fruit, forest floor, spice, and cola... this is California pinot! Medium bodied, red fruits, spice and earth. Nice finish, too. Great job, Eric Kent Winery!
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7/4/2007 - matthen wrote: 93 Points
Opened and poured. Wonderful aromas of forest floor, cherry and spice are followed by rich, concentrated flavors of blackberry, plum, cherry, blueberry and spice. There is a little heat of high alcohol, but the finish is wonderful and is mouth coating.
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7/3/2007 - drdebs wrote: 94 Points
Pinot Days (San Francisco, CA): Best pinot noir of the entire tasting. Absolutely outstanding in every way. Meaty with luscious berries and lovely acidity. Loads of creamy blackberry fruit and spice give it complexity.
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5/29/2007 - mgl wrote: 94 Points
One of the best pinot's that we have had in a while and we have had some good ones. Light but with intense flavor. Bursting with flavor, floral notes, very refined.
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5/27/2007 - LPskeleton wrote: 93 Points
Nose of strawberry and slightly funky barnyard lingering in the distance. Fruit is beautifully focused here. Tannins are very round with an incredible long finish. Acidity was really well integrated! Great effort.
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5/15/2007 - Julex wrote: 93 Points
CA pinot QPR winner!
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4/19/2007 - ScottS wrote: 93 Points
Just delivered & I couldn't resist opening. Classic Ca pinot nose with a hint of alcohol. Medium bodied with fresh fruit flavors of strawberry and blackcherry, good acidy and balance with a nice lengthy finish. This should improve with a little time in the bottle. I'll revisit in 9-12 mos.
50+5+13+17+8= 93
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4/13/2007 - Sydthesquid wrote: 93 Points
Excellent. Winery to keep an eye on.
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