2007 Saintsbury Pinot Noir Carneros

Community Tasting Notes (48) Avg Score: 87.9 points

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  2/10/2021 - redmancge Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Ditto from my last 1/19/21 note and would agree with rhollander cedar box note....kinda like an old cigar ok just thinking out loud here. Have not had a lot Cali Pinots this old but for the $11 clearance price amazing value to experience. I think this might go another year or two just to try. Extend that window just for drinkability sake.

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  2/7/2021 - Willwlee138 wrote:

  Drink them fast, cork is getting soft

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  2/4/2021 - Rhollander Likes this wine: 89 Points

  2007... yes 13 years old pinot noir. Close out for 11$. Well still holds together. Beautiful fruit, cedar box and some acidity. Past its prime, but nice aged PN experience

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  1/19/2021 - redmancge wrote: 88 Points

  Couldn't help myself when I saw this on ridiculous sale price of $11 and I bought half a case. Not sorry as it's seemingly held up pretty well. Obviously good bit past prime but after about 20min decant some cedar smoke and cherry and old world burgundy finish. Didn't have any sediment and acidity was mostly gone. Might hold through this year will update the next one and hope others will too. Extra point or two for holding up.

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  5/3/2020 - Jjarriel Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A solid Pinot from the glory days of California’s fruit forwardness (before all the stems and twigs started making thier way into the bottles - seriously folks, dance with the one that brought ya!). Anyhow, as long as we were breaking rules, we paired it with a filet mignon with some baby Bella mushrooms sautéed in a miso butter reduction. Predictably the steak was a bit much for the wine but it was closer than you would think.
  
  The wine had enough acidity to cut the fat (hmmm.....fat!) while the red fruit (think cherry) were still there.
  
  Overall, the wine was probably past it’s prime, but not so much as the rediculously short drinking window listed would suggest. If I had another bottle I’d open it sooner rather than later, but life isn’t so short that I’d insist on opening it tonight.

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