2014 Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.4 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Dino’s Lodge's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/3/2021 - Dino’s Lodge Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Pours a beautiful translucent garnet color. Nose is violets and cherry. Taste is a dry sour cherry jam and a nice Christmas spice cake with hints of Tobacco and forest moss. Drinking wonderfully now. Enjoy!

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View MattMauldin's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/18/2021 - MattMauldin Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Translucent, light ruby color with clear edges and bright highlights. Fresh pomegranate & cherry fruit on the nose, with hibiscus florals, steeped tea leaves, fresh thyme, clove & sandalwood. Richly layered and succulent on the palate, showing expressive fruit and seamless secondary layers, grounding the earlier notes from the nose with a touch of earth & mushroom. Elegant, generous density on the mid-palate, with integrated lifting acidity. Finishes with round fleshy tannins, and lingering high-toned savory depth. Beautifully integrated, still very young.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Stephen.Somm's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/8/2020 - Stephen.Somm Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Pale ruby. Aromas of forest floor and dark cherry. The dry palate features notes of blackberry, strawberry, dark cherry, spice, and earth. Alcohol medium, tannins medium, acid medium+
  
  Delicious, well-priced, and ready to drink now.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View MikeJK's profile
  • Report Issue

  7/5/2019 - MikeJK Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Fragrant, cool climate, red berry fruit on the m(+) intense nose. Seems to be whole cluster component but does not result in undesirable ‘candy’ aromas. Palate is balanced. Ripe stems are integrated. Winemaking notes mention time in new French oak but only adds complexity to nose... was not obvious to me. Enjoyable now but perfume will develop with more time in bottle.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Ultimatewinekick_Andreas's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/22/2017 - Ultimatewinekick_Andreas wrote: 91 Points

  Beautiful nose with fresh red fruit from raspberries and some strawberries but also some darker fruit from blackberries. Some sandy and rather grippy tannins combined with a nice cool acidity on the palate where we also get some oak notes and pepper. This is a very nice Pinot Noir with beautiful fruit and nice structure, but it will need some more time for the oak to integrate.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.