2006 Antica Terra Pinot Noir Botanica

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  7/3/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points

  Even better than my previous bottle from 2021, this showed so much spice and floral allure that I could almost mistake this for a ripe Vosne. Almost. Without the textures. But with a great richness that is so New World. Very tasty, at a wonderful place now.

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  10/17/2022 - RAD2626 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  We had a terrific visit to Antica Terra at Brick Hall in Dayton last week and sampled a number of the current releases. That prompted me to pull a 2006 Botanica when we returned home. Simply put, it was fabulous. Lovely and strong fruit. Seamless integration Drank over two hours and it stayed approachable and beautiful Reminded me of a Marcassin or even a SQN from when they were making big Pinots (Omega maybe?). What a treat have two left. Lucky us.

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  12/9/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 89 Points

  A decade in the cellar has been very kind to this wine. Ripe red and black cherry with slightly sweet spice, but everything has come together into reasonable harmony, largely or mostly thanks to its sheer concentration keeping everything fresh and upright. Very fun now.

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  7/22/2013 - cadamson Likes this wine: 90 Points

  A bit hot when served too warm, but when cooled down and given some time to breath, nice pinot notes emerged. yes, lots of blue fruits, but some spice and even mushroom type notes made it interesting.

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  4/9/2013 - Pinot luva wrote: 85 Points

  Discovered this wine only now on our wine rack after at least 1 year sitting there in suspect storage conditions.
  Initially there was sone barnyard funk/gamey aromas that were integrated into the wine but blew off after a while. The most obvious "aroma" was the excessive alcohol heat blowing off.
  Once that dissipated slightly I could make out intense dark chocolate, raspberries, violets/floral aromas and hints of lemongrass amongst a plonky background.
  The palate revealed the same flavours as the nose but intensified ten-fold.
  There was no mistaking the ultra ripeness of the fruit given the 14.6% alcohol, although it wasn't jammy it was certainly heading in that direction. It was full bodied, harsh edged with still relatively high acidity but long length. I just have to wonder if this is what the wine was meant to taste like or if the suspect storage conditions contributed somewhat.
  Either way, it definitely didn't taste like a Pinot - more like southern Rhone Grenache from a hot vintage.
  Tasted the wine the next day and it was somewhat different but definitely still un-Pinot like. The ultra ripe raspberry, dark choc was still there but the palate was more rounded and the acidity and alcohol had blown off. Also, it was taking on more of a Portugese vintage port-like flavour.
  Given the tasting notes above I think the storage conditions have influenced the wine somewhat, but I still think the extreme alcohol level is certainly playing its part.

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