2014 Peake Ranch Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  4/19/2020 - RGCM Gananda Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Prior bottle was a bit over 14 months ago and this wine continues to show well. Black raspberry, black berry and vanilla on the nose. Medium bodied, perhaps a bit more, with black raspberry and and black cherry the dominant fruit notes. Shows some brightness initially, some rounded depths through the middle and just a touch of that that black raspberry/earth/spice mixture towards the back. As with the prior bottle, the fruit profile remains consistent, but the with continues to slowly integrate and demonstrate better balance, especially on the back. Feels like this wine should continue to evolve along these lines and drink quite well over the next few years.

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  2/10/2019 - Arch57 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I bought this a year ago looking for a decent $40 Pinot because I had been a long time mailing list customer of Kosta Browne (since 2003 vintage) but the QPR lately has been challenging, especially adding shipping from CA to CT.
  This wine was really solid, start to finish. Typical light bodied color for a Pinot and the nose was spot on with this varietal, with spicy notes on top of dark red fruit. Smooth on the palate with a medium finish that paired perfect with honey-mustard glazed salmon.
  Another exciting note is that I did a Coravin tasting when I bought this a year ago about 4-5 ounces and left the bottle in the cellar since then. In my recollection it hasn't lost anything from the initial tasting so the argon preservation used by Coravin seems to work very well even after a year.

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  2/9/2019 - RGCM Gananda Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Prior bottle was almost a year ago and this wine remains in a very good spot. Nose was virtually identical with black raspberry, blackberry and vanilla notes. Medium bodied with rounded and expressive black cherry and black raspberry upfront and through the middle. Gains depth right towards the back and then almost immediately brings in tart notes of blackberry, cranberry and tart cherry. Spices, mineral notes and oak/vanilla on the finish. Overall, I would say the flavor profile is virtually unchanged, but the integration of the oak and spice notes with the fruit is better and the transition to the finish showed better balance as well as contrasts. This is drinking very well now, but should continue to improve along these lines over at least the next year or so with several additional years at a very high level beyond. With one bottle left, I will probably save it for Q2 2020.

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  1/30/2019 - thelostverse wrote: 93 Points

  Pop and pour. Notes of cherry/strawberry with a touch of cranberry as well. Excellent mouthfeel and balance. Drinking well now, but no real hurry.

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  2/23/2018 - RGCM Gananda Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Prior bottle was almost 11 months ago and this wine has lived up to my expectations, justifying the score I originally gave it. Nose remains pretty much the same with a mix of black raspberry and blackberry, coupled with a sizable amount of oak/vanilla. More medium bodied than previously and while it only needed about 2 hours to open up, it was drunk over 4 and showed better the more time it was given. Fruit profile is identical with black cherry and black raspberry, mixed with blackberry and background red fruit hints. Spices, light mineral and creamy vanilla/oak mark the finish. While I didn't pick up additional qualities in this bottle, it felt like integration and balance had improved and the elements had come together much more harmoniously this time around. Where previously, the oak/vanilla and spices notes showed a bit more than I might have liked, this time around, they were much more in balance with the fruit. There were no rough edges, no harshness, and no elements that stuck out oddly. I expect this wine to continue to improve along these lines and I'll try my next bottle in early 2019. I was originally on the fence, but I'm fully convinced now that I should also purchase the 2015 vintage of this wine.

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