2005 Freeman Pinot Noir Keefer Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (34) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  2/20/2022 - ivar Likes this wine: 92 Points

  What a double surprise!
  I didn’t have this in CT and was very surprised when I found it in a corner of my cellar. “Probably vinegar, but let me try it anyway.” Backup wine ready to go.
  No need for the backup - this Freeman Keefer Ranch is still singing! Plenty of fresh red fruit, coupled with that ‘age flavor’ I like in my wine. Absolutely delicious - after an hour and half on an open bottle, it was starting to fade. I am so happy I still have one other bottle left.
  Another example that CA pinot can last a long time if you let them (or in this case, forget them…)

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  8/10/2015 - gutt22 Likes this wine:

  14.2% alcohol. This has plateaued. Solid red cherry color. Initially, the nose was that brilliant, bright cherry that has made this wine so intoxicating. But it quickly faded out and went through two separate phases. Initially, the wine quite quickly fell off, seeming to lose most of its character. But it came back, reforming as a more complex, secondary wine. Overall, it's very nice but certainly better in its youth. I'm a bit ambivalent about how I feel about it, given just how good it was in its first five years of life. This still had a good line of cherry fruit, and the mushroom and earth notes it took on were compelling. The mouth feel was very good. Just a tad less complete and enjoyable as previously. As if the complexity didn't pack enough of a punch to bring it to its previous levels. A-

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  10/19/2013 - xyzsch wrote: 88 Points

  Nose of stewed prunes, raisins. Mid-flavors have simple fruit., Finish is coarse and bitter. it is starting to soften up with a couple hours, but I do not think this has much complexity. I would expect more for the price.

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  6/23/2013 - Nanda wrote:

  Perhaps an off bottle, or just not holding up well, but this was stewed, hot and flat. Started with a hot and raisiny nose which carried forward to the palate.

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  4/9/2012 - davidspieker wrote: 89 Points

  Light ruby color. Aromas of cherry cola, cinnamon, and orange. Medium body with good balance and integrated finish. Not a lot of complexity.

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