2005 Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard
Pinot Noir
Auction price: Register or sign-in to see quarterly averages
or visit the Wine Market Journal
Drink by: (Add My Drinking Window)
Advertisement
Popular Wines Like This
Community Tasting Notes (101) Avg Score: points
View all 101 Community Tasting Notes
What Do You Think? Add a Tasting Note
Pro Reviews
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.
PinotReport
-
By Gregory Walter
(Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard Santa Rita Hills) Login and sign up and see review text.
Issue #42, 1/15/2007, (See more on PinotReport...)
Burghound
-
By Allen Meadows
(Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
1st Quarter, 2007, Issue #25, (See more on Burghound...)
-
By Stephen Tanzer
(Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard Santa Rita Hills) Login and sign up and see review text.
January/February 2007, IWC Issue #130, (See more on Vinous...)
RJonWine.com
-
By Richard Jennings
(Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard) Group's 3 (my 1) – 47 pts; 3, 2, 1, 1 – sexy cherry, dried cherry and caramel nose; ripe and tart red fruit, cherry and strawberry with rosehips showing toward medium finish (much better than the bottle we had in July's blindtasting, which must have been a faulty bottle, as I wrote back then)
9/13/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 90 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard) Group's 2 (my 9) – 55 pts; 1, 4, 2, 1 – weird, funky, unpleasant, "refined sewage" nose; rather fruit-less, sweet Balsamic, disjointed, probably a faulty bottle; medium finish (14.1%)
7/12/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) -
By Richard Jennings
(Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard) Lovely garnet red color; enticing ripe cherry, brown sugar and caramel nose; structured, tart red fruit, cherry and mineral, young yet; medium finish 92+ pts.
6/27/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 92 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard) Group's #6 (my #5) – 39 pts; 2, 1, 2, 0 – dark red violet color; big caramel, dried plum, raisin and cherry nose; overblown, high alcohol, tart cherry, tangy, tangerine and kumquat palate; medium finish 85+ pts.
4/9/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 85 points
NOTE: Some content is property of PinotReport and Burghound and Vinous and RJonWine.com.
Add a Pro Review
Add Your Own Reviews:
Wine Definition
- Vintage2005
- TypeRed
- ProducerLoring Wine Company
- VarietyPinot Noir
- Designationn/a
- VineyardClos Pepe Vineyard
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionCentral Coast
- AppellationSta. Rita Hills
- Display optionsDefault
10/1/2022 - James Kim Likes this wine: 91 Points
Some sous bois on the nose w dried cherries and bark. Palate is similar to the aromas. Full body. Nice acids for balance. Nice fruit still. Nice finish of fruit and sous bois. 91+
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
3/17/2021 - Charlie C Likes this wine: 90 Points
Muted cherry nose. Nice fruit, cherry, strawberry, spicy. Becomes smooth with a bit of air. Polished tannins, sharp acidity, good balance. Finishes long with cherry and warm spice. After 16 years still bright and engaging.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/19/2020 - Charlie C Likes this wine: 89 Points
A slightly earthy nose. Pretty cherry and strawberry fruit, just a bit faded, some earthy notes. Smooth tannins, nice acidity, good balance. Finishes moderately long with red fruits and a bit of spice. Probably better a few years ago, but still pleasurable now. Drink up.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
8/25/2018 - Charlie C Likes this wine: 90 Points
I know Brian used to claim his wines didn't age (or he preferred you drink them and buy more ) , but this was lovely tonight after 13 years. Lovely deep cherry notes on the nose. A vibrant red in color with slight fading at the edges. The palate shows nice dark cherry fruit with notes of black pepper and strawberry. Dusty tannins and lovely acidity. Good balance. The finish is long and reflects the palate. Not at peak at this point, but still a lovely bottle. I'd say it would give real pleasure for another 3 years. With a mushroom, asparagus and pea risotto.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/22/2016 - AllRed wrote: 93 Points
4th Saturday Group brown bagger (R&D's): Ruby color. Opens with a pleasant funkiness followed by cherry and spice and a great perfumed floral quality. Spicy red fruit dominates the palate. This really grabbed my attention and held on to it- at peak.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment