2013 Ayoub Pinot Noir Latifeh Single Barrel Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 92 points

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  6/1/2023 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Second of two bottles, still wonderful. The effervescence is gone and the flavors are more balanced and muted. Probably a bit past peak.

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  2/11/2023 - Bandreas wrote:

  Beguiling aromas: Some exotic spices, dark fruit, very attractive.
  On the palate the wine is silky, smooth, harmonious with a firm acidic backbone and well integrated tannins.
  Went well with the main dish: Rabbit in red wine with boiled potatoes and spring vegetables.
  The wine today presented itself much better than at the dinner with Jim Cahill last year. I think it has many years to go provided the underlying acidity does not easy up the fruit.
  Anyway: Bravo to Ayoub! A great effort.

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  3/13/2022 - Bandreas wrote:

  Tasted along side Louis Jadot's Gevrey Chambertin of 2010 at Restaurant Black Salt.
  Medium Burgundy color; very soft on the nose, on the palate it did not leave much of an impression. Was more in the vaine of the 2013 Bergstrom bottles which I did not particularly enjoy
  This wine lacks the "Je ne sais quoi" I was expecting . Was disappointed.
  Hold the last bottle for a couple more years; maybe it will improve (even if I am doubtful).

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  11/30/2020 - Pinot_Geek Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Rich, tannic, nice fruit/acid balance. Great juice

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  12/25/2019 - sjp1323 wrote:

  Drinking very well. Excellent pairing with duck at Christmas dinner

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