Rich, elegant, with depth. Fully mature, and heading toward the savory side. A complete package of high tone fruit with great restraint. Arguably the finest single vineyard bottling in the lineup, surpassing the pioneering Carneros bottlings in many vintages.
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Rich, silky pinot with black cherry, cola, and some spice. Fine tannins and good length make this good to drink now or hold for a few years. Delicious!
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Frankly having a hard time figuring out what is happening here. Two bottles, one delivered in 17 one in 18. Not sure which was which. This bottle very nice, the last flawed obviously. Storage the same once here. Rose, lightly hazy, color. Very floral with spices. Cherry with nice asian baking spices, relatively long, quite elegant.
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Heat damaged. Really about half of the bottles coming from this winery, especially the newer vintages, have totally saturated corks and lots of volatility in the palate. Undrinkable for me.
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Popped and poured. Medium ruby color. Fantastic nose of red cherry and raspberry with some baking spice notes and a touch of forest floor. So much delicious red berry fruit on the palate but very balanced with juicy acidity and deft use of oak. Just delicious.
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7/10/2022 - Henry Miller Likes this wine: 94 Points
Rich, elegant, with depth. Fully mature, and heading toward the savory side. A complete package of high tone fruit with great restraint. Arguably the finest single vineyard bottling in the lineup, surpassing the pioneering Carneros bottlings in many vintages.
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9/29/2020 - davergny Likes this wine: 92 Points
Rich, silky pinot with black cherry, cola, and some spice. Fine tannins and good length make this good to drink now or hold for a few years. Delicious!
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3/11/2019 - smphelps wrote: 91 Points
Frankly having a hard time figuring out what is happening here. Two bottles, one delivered in 17 one in 18. Not sure which was which. This bottle very nice, the last flawed obviously. Storage the same once here. Rose, lightly hazy, color. Very floral with spices. Cherry with nice asian baking spices, relatively long, quite elegant.
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2/16/2019 - smphelps wrote: flawed
Heat damaged. Really about half of the bottles coming from this winery, especially the newer vintages, have totally saturated corks and lots of volatility in the palate. Undrinkable for me.
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1/27/2018 - Rich S Likes this wine: 93 Points
Popped and poured. Medium ruby color. Fantastic nose of red cherry and raspberry with some baking spice notes and a touch of forest floor. So much delicious red berry fruit on the palate but very balanced with juicy acidity and deft use of oak. Just delicious.
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