Finally popped another bottle of this stuff to celebrate the leap year (2008...get it?). It's not quite as bright or minerally as I remember, but still an incredible, well-refined Pinot. I'm not really sure how much aging it can withstand from here, though (and it may already be on the down-swing), so I'll be drinking - and enjoying - my remaining bottles in the next couple years or so.
Really coming into its own. Didn't take full notes, but the acidity has definitely gone down from the last bottle (nearly 16 months ago!). Still a tremendous Pinot for the price, though I think we've seen the last of it on Woot!.
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As much fizz as a bottle of Perrier. After some work with the Vacu-Vin, it turned out to be a perfectly serviceable Vin de Pays, but still wasn't really worth the effort. Alas.
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2008 Kent Rasmussen Pinot Noir Esoterica
2/29/2012 - jsimmons wrote: 90 Points
Finally popped another bottle of this stuff to celebrate the leap year (2008...get it?). It's not quite as bright or minerally as I remember, but still an incredible, well-refined Pinot. I'm not really sure how much aging it can withstand from here, though (and it may already be on the down-swing), so I'll be drinking - and enjoying - my remaining bottles in the next couple years or so.
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2009 Woot Cellars Pinot Noir D’ONTSPILLE LE BLACK
2/19/2012 - jsimmons wrote: 87 Points
Really coming into its own. Didn't take full notes, but the acidity has definitely gone down from the last bottle (nearly 16 months ago!). Still a tremendous Pinot for the price, though I think we've seen the last of it on Woot!.
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2007 Mas Conscience Vin de Pays de l'Hérault Le Cas
2/18/2012 - jsimmons wrote: flawed
As much fizz as a bottle of Perrier. After some work with the Vacu-Vin, it turned out to be a perfectly serviceable Vin de Pays, but still wasn't really worth the effort. Alas.
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