2000 Robert Mondavi Winery Pinot Noir Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  10/30/2010 - vinedresser75 wrote: 91 Points

  Thoroughly enjoyed this. Well made wild yeast pinot. Dirty and earthy with a nice core of fruit. Nice mature pinot. This can still go but don't see much improvement,

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  10/19/2010 - spectrumphoto wrote: flawed

  TOAST

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  1/9/2008 - Bacchusboy wrote: 91 Points

  I bought this wine at the winery years ago, and sampled a few bottles over the past 4 years. A normal California Pinot, good, but not great. This final bottle has reached it's full potential. Great balance nose, smoky, well integrated fruit, with a hint of forest floor. The flavor profile was excellent, with red fruit, and a hint of tobacco. "Drink em if you have em".....This one is ready.

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  11/16/2006 - Thralow wrote: 91 Points

  Drank with the 1998. The 98 was even better.

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  4/6/2006 - Thralow wrote: 90 Points

  91-86-85 (ratings right out of the cellar... still too cold.)
  Easy (like a Sunday morning?) Yes, it is easy. Easy like a Sunday morning.
  If there are two of you and you plan on opening two bottles, this will be the better bottle. This should not be the bottle you drink when you are blotto. The first thought that comes to mind... This wine is smokey.
  15 minutes into the wine...
  The smell is out of this world. A little bit of anise (snuff? Let's dry this out and turn it into a powder.) I would pour this on the floor mats of my car so I could smell this everyday. Coffee? umhmm Coffee. Comforting, not that complex. But, there is still that one scent that could not be identified. Sea air or salt? That is it! You are a genius... an evil genius. "Can't you go to a 92?"
  "No, judged all alone it is a 90. I could maybe go to a 92 if I had a series of wines to judge."
  Rating now: 90-90-92
  This is a French movie with no French in it. No blood, no gore, no guts... why is it good? The story is so good. There is no dialog but you know exactly what is going on.

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