Near perfection. I don't think I've had better. As a previous note mentioned, this rewards careful attention, but it was unmistakably a remarkable wine from the moment the cork left the bottle. This drinks incredibly well on its own. If pairing with food, avoid anything heavy/sweet.
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JP Morgan WineBeserkers Dinner (Bar Agricola, San Francisco): The nose on this is stunning, stemmy, green, earthy, dense red and black fruit, spice, nutmeg, incredible complexity; palate is light bodied, red cherry fruit, medium-plus acid, superbly balanced alcohol, depth and complexity, fades just a tad through the midpalate; finish is medium length. This is honestly one of the best california pinots that I have tried. If the finish was longer this could be near perfect. This would easily compete with the best burgundy. 96-98 Update: This faded a bit with the pasta, but it was again interesting later in the dinner by itself. I think this is a subtly complex wine that needs attention to reach near its potential.
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11/16/2023 - KL1191 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Near perfection. I don't think I've had better. As a previous note mentioned, this rewards careful attention, but it was unmistakably a remarkable wine from the moment the cork left the bottle. This drinks incredibly well on its own. If pairing with food, avoid anything heavy/sweet.
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9/26/2020 - DonDon wrote: 95 Points
Stunning. Absolute purity of still very fresh fruit. Light tannin very much in the background
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8/2/2016 - DoubleMagnum Likes this wine: 93 Points
Old world nose with a nice amount of red and blue fruits on the palate. Finish is about 30 seconds long. Nice pinot
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1/12/2016 - aagrawal wrote: 97 Points
JP Morgan WineBeserkers Dinner (Bar Agricola, San Francisco): The nose on this is stunning, stemmy, green, earthy, dense red and black fruit, spice, nutmeg, incredible complexity; palate is light bodied, red cherry fruit, medium-plus acid, superbly balanced alcohol, depth and complexity, fades just a tad through the midpalate; finish is medium length. This is honestly one of the best california pinots that I have tried. If the finish was longer this could be near perfect. This would easily compete with the best burgundy. 96-98
Update: This faded a bit with the pasta, but it was again interesting later in the dinner by itself. I think this is a subtly complex wine that needs attention to reach near its potential.
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12/6/2013 - PortFanatic wrote: 95 Points
A stunning bottle. So much depth and layers of complexity. This may be the best Cali Pinot I've ever had!
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