Cellared since release - Drunk with very wine savvy owners of local wine bar. Truly fabulous Russian River Pinot. Flawless appearance, dark purple core with dense color to the rim. Unmistakable, characteristic nose of rich pinot fruit, snappy ripe stems, forest floor & cola. Delicious, luxurious tastes of ripe black & blue fruits. This developed exactly as one would hope, and shed a lot of it's baby fat from the early years. Could last 2-3 more years in a good cellar but... why wait?
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Initially, very ripe red fruit on the nose, but over time that faded away and this Pinot I did not expect to last this long was very enjoyable and balanced.
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Opened and served.... dark and thin is. Hefty abv and secondary notes of plum, braised prune, cola, tast, cola, blackberry, hoisin. Still some confected sweetness along with the secondaries. Day two fleshed out a bit, smoother. Still very solid, just not electric like it’s youth.
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8/5/2022 - oldcorke Likes this wine: 97 Points
Cellared since release - Drunk with very wine savvy owners of local wine bar. Truly fabulous Russian River Pinot. Flawless appearance, dark purple core with dense color to the rim. Unmistakable, characteristic nose of rich pinot fruit, snappy ripe stems, forest floor & cola. Delicious, luxurious tastes of ripe black & blue fruits. This developed exactly as one would hope, and shed a lot of it's baby fat from the early years. Could last 2-3 more years in a good cellar but... why wait?
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1/28/2022 - dlduchon wrote: 75 Points
Tastes like overcropped grenache from a hot vintage. Not one Pinot quality. Terrible.
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2/19/2021 - EPounds Likes this wine:
Initially, very ripe red fruit on the nose, but over time that faded away and this Pinot I did not expect to last this long was very enjoyable and balanced.
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12/30/2019 - Senso-beak wrote: 90 Points
Opened and served.... dark and thin is. Hefty abv and secondary notes of plum, braised prune, cola, tast, cola, blackberry, hoisin. Still some confected sweetness along with the secondaries. Day two fleshed out a bit, smoother. Still very solid, just not electric like it’s youth.
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8/9/2019 - Dasbird Likes this wine: 97 Points
Stunning!
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