Wine Club Holiday Party 2022: Youthful looking medium to dark ruby. Nose is pretty restrained on the PnP, but has dark licorice and black cherry and some shoe polish. Medium minus in body. Nice spice-accented finish. Hopefully benefits from some air and puts on a bit of weight.
It did improve and a few hours later was the best Pinot of the night, when compared to the '16 Fox Mirabai and the '95 Rion Close Vougeot.
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This was really enjoyable, but I found this to be a bit too early to drink. Consumed over the course of 5-6 hours this seemed to pick up weight as the night progressed. Still a bit tannic as well.
If I had more I’d probably wait another 5-10 years for the others, but this was still very enjoyable now.
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very nice body, muddled purple fruit with some density, just slightly softer than I prefer (when this young)... feels like an early drinking (next 4-8 years)... very enjoyable but simply nothing to jump about, so couldn't go higher on score... but nothing wrong either
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The cork was quite dry but the bottle seems fine. PnP and left it open over a few hours while drinking it. Good complexity on the nose. First thing I pick up are notes of warm wood. Some spicy dirt and there is also something deep and rich in it that is red-fruited. There's a mineral streak in there as well, something iron or stone in nature. Nice depth and concentration on the palate. Showing a nearly full body with a mouthful of red and black cherry and rasberry with a texutre that shows the faintest bit of coarseness towards the close. Finishes a little more abruptly that I'd like but not short. Nice bottle of wine.
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12/17/2022 - 87tellub Likes this wine: 90 Points
Wine Club Holiday Party 2022: Youthful looking medium to dark ruby. Nose is pretty restrained on the PnP, but has dark licorice and black cherry and some shoe polish. Medium minus in body. Nice spice-accented finish. Hopefully benefits from some air and puts on a bit of weight.
It did improve and a few hours later was the best Pinot of the night, when compared to the '16 Fox Mirabai and the '95 Rion Close Vougeot.
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5/25/2022 - ChrisWagner Likes this wine: 92 Points
This was really enjoyable, but I found this to be a bit too early to drink. Consumed over the course of 5-6 hours this seemed to pick up weight as the night progressed. Still a bit tannic as well.
If I had more I’d probably wait another 5-10 years for the others, but this was still very enjoyable now.
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5/20/2022 - Gruffalius Likes this wine: 90 Points
On the subtle side.
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3/25/2019 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points
very nice body, muddled purple fruit with some density, just slightly softer than I prefer (when this young)... feels like an early drinking (next 4-8 years)... very enjoyable but simply nothing to jump about, so couldn't go higher on score... but nothing wrong either
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4/2/2018 - 87tellub Likes this wine: 93 Points
The cork was quite dry but the bottle seems fine. PnP and left it open over a few hours while drinking it. Good complexity on the nose. First thing I pick up are notes of warm wood. Some spicy dirt and there is also something deep and rich in it that is red-fruited. There's a mineral streak in there as well, something iron or stone in nature. Nice depth and concentration on the palate. Showing a nearly full body with a mouthful of red and black cherry and rasberry with a texutre that shows the faintest bit of coarseness towards the close. Finishes a little more abruptly that I'd like but not short. Nice bottle of wine.
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