Don't want to score, don't want to say it was corked, althought there was some "funk" there. Cork looked fine, musty notes on the nose including mushroom/fungus. This did not blow off over the course of the evening. The fruit that did make it's way through promised a nice pinot flavor profile, including cherry and some rasberry hints. I would like to try a different bottle of this before passing a scoring judgement. The potential was there to be a good Santa Cruz Pinot which can be very nice.
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This was a very nice bottle of Pinot Noir. Nice spice and light fruit (rasberry, tart cherry) on the nose. Firm mouthfeel with flavors of cherry, spice and oak. Very nice balance and structure. Finish was pleasant and soft although the structure was there. Good Pinot at a decent price point. Look forward to drinking more of this down the road. Should easily hold up for 2 to 3 more years.
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Color is light (see through) red, typical pinot color. Lightnose of cherry pie cherries, actually not much going on in the nose. Nice pinot flavors, seems to be very varietally correct all the way. Nothing stunning but a nice bottle of wine for enjoyment. Paired nicely with grilled rosemary chicken and spinach salad on 12/8/06.
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4/29/2008 - duffetta wrote:
Very nice pinot.
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9/2/2007 - darrel_f wrote:
Don't want to score, don't want to say it was corked, althought there was some "funk" there. Cork looked fine, musty notes on the nose including mushroom/fungus. This did not blow off over the course of the evening. The fruit that did make it's way through promised a nice pinot flavor profile, including cherry and some rasberry hints. I would like to try a different bottle of this before passing a scoring judgement. The potential was there to be a good Santa Cruz Pinot which can be very nice.
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1/28/2007 - darrel_f wrote: 91 Points
This was a very nice bottle of Pinot Noir. Nice spice and light fruit (rasberry, tart cherry) on the nose. Firm mouthfeel with flavors of cherry, spice and oak. Very nice balance and structure. Finish was pleasant and soft although the structure was there. Good Pinot at a decent price point. Look forward to drinking more of this down the road. Should easily hold up for 2 to 3 more years.
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12/8/2006 - darrel_f wrote: 90 Points
Color is light (see through) red, typical pinot color. Lightnose of cherry pie cherries, actually not much going on in the nose. Nice pinot flavors, seems to be very varietally correct all the way. Nothing stunning but a nice bottle of wine for enjoyment. Paired nicely with grilled rosemary chicken and spinach salad on 12/8/06.
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