2016 Brewer-Clifton Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills

Community Tasting Notes (53) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  12/2/2023 - wchrisw Likes this wine:

  This took about 30 minutes before it opened up. And when it did - oh boy! It must be the Santa Rita terroir but it is really hard to describe. Raspberry flavored seashells come to mind. Day 2 it closed up and didn’t offer much. Definitely memorable.

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  5/12/2023 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine:

  Notes of candied strawberry, candied cherry, a bit of cola and maybe some farmland, but what really stands out to me is the alcohol burn. This is just personal preference, but I don’t like high alcohol Pinots. They seem too heavy and unbalanced to me.

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  2/23/2023 - Baron Slick wrote: 91 Points

  Aromas of red berries, cherries, and tomato leaf over briars and brambles. Smooth, long, with nicely integrated oak and a tinge of smoke in the mouth. Develops a toasty and sappy intensity and finishes with ash an crushed rocks on the finish. Better with air.

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  2/4/2023 - frvi Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Minerals, cherry, red berries. Just really well balanced and drinks really good right now, after about a hear and a half in the cellar.
  
  Better than the 2014 and 2015.

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  12/23/2022 - wchrisw Likes this wine:

  This is on point right now. Strawberries, light spice and hint of cherry.

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