2009 Freeman Pinot Noir Keefer Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  12/9/2022 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Retail $50. Under cork. I hesitate to guess when I first became enamored with Freeman Pinot, but it was in direct response to having read John Winthrop Haeger's seminal work, North American Pinot Noir. I perused the book non-stop, back in the day, and I mapped out several wineries to visit. Near the top was Freeman, the love-child of Ken Freeman and his spouse, Akiko (who eventually became the winemaker). This wine, though, was made by Eric Buffington, the Assistant Winemaker at the time, who was clearly talented. Over the course of several visits, I like to think that Eric and I became friends, and still have a connection today. Eric, sadly (but good for him), left the wine industry about a decade ago, but many of his wines live on in my cellar. Case in point. This 2009 Keefer Pinot is alive and kicking, thank you very much, with great dark, even smoky cherry fruit, earth, and a whole lotta verve. the palate is quite bit younger than its vintage would indicate with fantastic fruit, lip-smacking zinginess, a depth of flavors, and a finish that rivals the most expensive Pinots from the region. Whoa. I had just tasted the more expensive Freeman You-Ki Estate Pinot, and this exceeds its younger and more prestigious brethren. Perhaps by a lot.
  
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  9/8/2017 - floating_cellar wrote: 91 Points

  Holding up well but it's dropping a lot of white tartaric acids which makes it cloudy and more bitter than 5 years ago. Will finish mine in the next year.

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  4/16/2017 - EricDilda Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Red fruit, classic RR pinot, drinking well

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  8/4/2016 - pjhr Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Delicious tart red cherries and cranberry on the nose and palate with a long finish and nicely balanced acidity.

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  11/29/2015 - prism wrote: 91 Points

  Dark, somewhat clouded. Open for an hour. Sweet dark cherries, some bitter almond. Complex and good with food, but tasty rather than flat-out delicious.

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