2005 Cristom Pinot Noir Eileen Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (35) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  12/25/2021 - ERoss Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Well paired with Christmas beef roast & ham. Perhaps due to large format & a decade + of professional storage, this was surprisingly bright with still a core of primary red fruit & noticable yet well integrated tannins. Probably at or past prime, but enjoyed by all.

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  5/15/2019 - Sellar Rat Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Just a great bottle. Intense nose of wet earth & black raspberry, with smoke emerging with air. On the palate a firm, focused wine tasting of meats, smoke and earth, with a lingering finish that makes a statement. Surprisingly fresh for a 13 year old pinot, with perfect balance and plenty of drinking window remaining. Tremendous.
  A birthday gift from another CTer, for which I again thank him profusely!

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  1/14/2019 - sunalsorises wrote: 91 Points

  Drinking well.

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  6/1/2018 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Solid bottle of pinot. went well with grill baked King Salmon. Plenty of cherry fruit. This wine has the acidity and backbone to continue evolving.

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  5/6/2017 - jfagan Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted for 3 hours. Nearly opaque color. Still reticent aromas of red and black cherries, iron and earth but still so primary. Seamless and harmonious on the palate but just so young and firm. Please, lord, give me the strength to not open another bottle of this for several more years.
  Day 2 (un-gassed, cork pushed back in). Starting to open nicely with notes of cinnamon, allspice, and brambly red fruit on the nose. Deep and structured on the palate yet perfectly balanced with good ripeness on the attack. It would be easy to call this "Burgundian" but it is, in fact, an American classic Pinot. 93+ points on day two with lots of upside potential. 2020-2025+. Yeah! 6 more bottles in the cellar.

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