This wine is at or past peak, depending on your preference. Hints of decline, sweet barn straw, peak maturity fruit and fungus, deep gold coloring, waxy full mouthfeel, med length finish with noticeable oxidative features. Drink up!
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Upping my rating after several years of development and maturity. This is an exceptional bottle: darker yellow/gold color, leans towards the more acidic and vibrant profile (remarkable after 10 years), and finishes full, long and layered. More chamomile than beeswax, more lemon and pear than apricot. A wine to drink chilled, ideally with food, and good conversation afterward. Very well made, enjoy!
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14.0% abv. One of the best Cali Pinot Noir’s I’ve had: restraint, acidity, perfume, length - hard to ask for more. Clear garnet, prodigious clear legs, primarily red fruit, Christmas tree, underbrush on nose. Med plus weight and mouthfeel. It just snaps into place on palate: long and juicy acid, red fruit, Asian spice, green tea, very long and layered finish. One to enjoy now and lay down for a decade, or more. Very well made.
Day 2 - still strong and enjoyable, but less exciting overall. Re-rated accordingly.
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2016 Domaine Saint Préfert Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
3/25/2024 - dclaggett Likes this wine: 89 Points
This wine is at or past peak, depending on your preference. Hints of decline, sweet barn straw, peak maturity fruit and fungus, deep gold coloring, waxy full mouthfeel, med length finish with noticeable oxidative features. Drink up!
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2014 Eperosa Sémillon Blanc
3/25/2024 - dclaggett Likes this wine: 94 Points
Upping my rating after several years of development and maturity. This is an exceptional bottle: darker yellow/gold color, leans towards the more acidic and vibrant profile (remarkable after 10 years), and finishes full, long and layered. More chamomile than beeswax, more lemon and pear than apricot. A wine to drink chilled, ideally with food, and good conversation afterward. Very well made, enjoy!
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2019 Vice Versa Pinot Noir Platt Vineyard
3/23/2024 - dclaggett Likes this wine: 93 Points
14.0% abv. One of the best Cali Pinot Noir’s I’ve had: restraint, acidity, perfume, length - hard to ask for more. Clear garnet, prodigious clear legs, primarily red fruit, Christmas tree, underbrush on nose. Med plus weight and mouthfeel. It just snaps into place on palate: long and juicy acid, red fruit, Asian spice, green tea, very long and layered finish. One to enjoy now and lay down for a decade, or more. Very well made.
Day 2 - still strong and enjoyable, but less exciting overall. Re-rated accordingly.
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