I'm with the 90 pt camp. Really juicy ripe fruit then the balancing tang and spice hits. Tonight was a screw and pour, no decant. I like the pinot funk aromas. Feel like the fruit, while ripe, is balanced enough to last and probably has some more life. Tasty, but caution if you expect Russian River style.
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Overall, a disappointment. On opening, there was nominal nose and it was sharp on the tongue with a very light finish. The wine softened somewhat over the evening but was still sharp, not what I was expecting. On day 2, it had smoothed out somewhat, still not much nose to speak of and was clearly less sharp on the finish. On day 3, there was no improvement at all from the prior day.
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(THREE MINERS CENTRAL OTAGO EARNSCLEUGH PINOT NOIR) NOSE-expressive, KICKS ASS, strawberry, raspberry, cocoa beans, vanilla; TASTE-amazing complexity on mid-palate, tannins firm but integrated, BIG TIME WINE, LOVES; WS-90, GV-93/94
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3/11/2012 - champ12oh wrote: 90 Points
I'm with the 90 pt camp. Really juicy ripe fruit then the balancing tang and spice hits. Tonight was a screw and pour, no decant. I like the pinot funk aromas. Feel like the fruit, while ripe, is balanced enough to last and probably has some more life. Tasty, but caution if you expect Russian River style.
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2/24/2012 - Anonymous wrote: 89 Points
My last bottle. still good juice. earthy, spices, aged well for a pinot in this price mark.
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11/29/2011 - meinkep wrote: 86 Points
Overall, a disappointment. On opening, there was nominal nose and it was sharp on the tongue with a very light finish. The wine softened somewhat over the evening but was still sharp, not what I was expecting. On day 2, it had smoothed out somewhat, still not much nose to speak of and was clearly less sharp on the finish. On day 3, there was no improvement at all from the prior day.
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8/3/2011 - tooch wrote: 90 Points
Consistent with my last bottle.
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8/3/2011 - tooch wrote: 90 Points
Another nice bottle - aromatics were a bit more pronounced than the last one. Incredibly spicy red fruit, really good bottle.
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