2018 Calera Pinot Noir Ryan Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  2/9/2024 - Juliansi Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Gong Hey Fatt Choy! Chinese New Years eve, reunion dinner with my brothers and family, joined by my mum too.
  
  Strawberry aromatics on nose with underlying creamy oak, evolving to cherry too.
  
  Full bodied Pinot, light minerality on the palate. Lightly grippy tannins, acidity M.
  
  100% Pinot Noir grapes grown in the Mt.Harlan AVA region of California. Aged in French oak barrels for 16 months, and has all the hallmarks of an ageworthy Pinot.
  
  2018 was a fantastic growing season. Medium length finish, with white pepper on the back palate. 🇲🇾 Fish Market, Mont Kiara
  
  Happy Chinese new year.. 2024
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  9th Feb 2024

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  6/30/2023 - pkoster6000 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Very strong Pinot Noir and still very tight. Needs more time. More dark fruits than red. High altitude with 25 year old vines. Loads of structure but really did need a good decant. Score potentially would be higher and maybe with time it will show better.

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  3/31/2023 - bikdave Likes this wine:

  Wow! Love the nose on this. Medium ruby in color. Aromas of baking spice, darker red fruit. On the tongue I taste a bit of clove and it has a bit of that clove numbing effect. Very smooth with a nice mouthwatering acidity.

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  2/1/2023 - Fml Likes this wine: 92 Points

  We bought it while we were in California and had it shipped home

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  11/10/2022 - WindFlyer Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Mount Harlan Estate tasting at Calera (Hollister): from the highest-elevation vineyard in the estate.
  
  medium ruby colour and medium body in the glass. a bright, floral and perfumed nose with rose petals and whiffs of violets amid the sous-bois and fresh red berries. in the mouth the fruit trends a little darker, but accented by fresh pomegranate, rhubarb, herbs and nutmeg. a strong tannic backbone is an equal match to the concentrated fruit and its bright acidity, which lingers thru the finish.
  
  there is very good balance and a lot of energy in this wine; but i do think a couple more years of rest will let the elements integrate even more.
  
  14.7% AbV (carried rather well); 100% whole cluster; eighteen month in french oak (30% new)

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